3 (Three mobile)

You can forgive consumers for being slightly sceptical of a newcomer to the mobile phone market place. After all, with such trusted giants as Vodafone, T-Mobile, Orange and O2 all delaying their 3G networks, despite paying gargantuan premiums for the licenses, what could possibly be the advantage of Hutchison Telecom bringing their 3G network to the masses so early. In fact, with all those recognised brands out there, who was going to put their trust into a service provided by a company that, to UK retail consumers at least, was a complete unknown? But launch their service Hutchison did, under ... more

July the 19th 2006 and I am sat in a hotel lobby in London waiting for a glass of wine and to be checked into my room. I think it's fair to say I wasn't in the best of moods and my phone rings; the young man on the phone tells me he is calling on behalf of the '3' network and has some offers to interest me in. Feeling irritated at receiving a sales call I lay it down to them exactly what phone I want (the newest Sony Ericsson at the time) and that I won't pay over £30 a month for that service. Amazingly enough they agreed and two days later I was the owner of a new phone and contract with what ... more

I joined the 3 network in August, taking advantage of the 1p NEC e808 from OneStopPhoneShop (see my other ops for reviews of both). The idea of video calling was tremendously exciting and I was looking forward to trying out the new technology. It seemed like a real leap forward in mobile communication, and something I really wanted to try for myself. However, three months later, I am now back on Orange, with my NEC e808 passed on to a new owner and a 2g Motorola v500 on order to replace it. Here's a brief summary of my own experiences with 3, some other views I've read as I've researched the ... more

Well it has been a little over 1 years since I have written a review for this site and the only reason I am writing this one is to try and prevent anyone from going through what I have Around 3 months ago I obtained an 18 month contract for 3's mobile broadband service. The reasoning being that I would get quick and easy access to the internet. How wrong I was however the service did not work properly from the very first day. I contacted 3 about this problem and was advised to leave it a couple more days just incase the connection had not been put through. So I waited, but still it did not ... more

Now it isn't very often I feel so negatively about a company as I do about Hutchinson 3G mobile. And as a result this is quite long and I apologize in advance. But before I begin with the bad points, here is more about the overall situation with them. ~ What prompted us to take on the contract ~ My partner and I have had a contract phone now between us for many years. Our old contract with Vodafone was due to end and we were looking around for other options. A couple of friends had been on 3 and both said they had been happy enough with it, and since they had an offer on for a phone we really ... more