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I joined 3 (pay monthly) from T-Mobile pay as you go 6 months back. I am completely satisfied with their service, the free phone and the tariff. I think they provide one of the cheapest tariffs... more

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for 3 VideoTalk 500 12 Month

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  • 60 of 60 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 9 sghawken

    Member since 31/10/2005

    Reviews written: 993

    5 Stars Simply The Best 10/08/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A great range of services and facilities

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None as yet (after 3 years use)

    3's price packages change every year, at the time of writing this review Videotalk 500 offers you 400 minutes of calls and 100 text messages; however please bare in mind that within the next 6 months this will change. As a result of this I'm focusing more on the network. At the time of writing this the 500 plan costs £30 per month. 3 gets a lot off grief simply because people don't understand the network, if you flick through other reviews under this heading you'll find one thing in common they all comment on the network coverage however none of them elaborate on this common gripe. So lets ... more
  • 12 of 12 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    ayanayuk

    4 Stars Three me from this madness (again?!?) 14/07/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages 500 mins is good unless you're a mobile junkie, decent quality calls

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Coverage isn' brilliant, customer servives are foreigners again!!!

    I swore, after my horrendous experience with their PAYG service (see my op), that I'd never go with 3 again. Then when my contract was up for renewal in March my fiancée made a rather generous offer to get me a contract for my birthday. I wanted to fo back with O2 as I've never had any real problems and I like the fact they have British call centres. Anyway I wasn't going to be footing the bill so she signed me up to the VideoTalk 500 tarriff. For this you get 500 free cross network minutes and 100 free texts and as I'm not really a mobile junkie this was a decent deal. The phone I chose with ... more
  • 26 of 26 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    dynamics1uk

    4 Stars Three Review 02/08/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Good value (500 mins @ £25 = 5p/min for CROSS NETWORK!), No problems with reception (can always get 3G or 2G), And did I say good value?

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Haven't got total 3G coverage yet, Customer Service is poor

    I have been with Hutchinson Three for 2 years now and can definitely recommend them. One of the things the detractors raise about Three is handsets, that argument is now very much out of date. When I first became a Three customer in 2003 I had an NEC e606 handset, one of the first generation 3G handsets for use on Three. This was very problematic - bulky and many dropped calls, but this is always to be expected with new technology. Thankfully, the handsets have improved in leaps and bounds and now are on a par and if not considerably better than the ordinary GSM handsets. For instance, the ... more
  • 35 of 35 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 karenes

    Member since 15/01/2004

    Reviews written: 83

    4 Stars FREE RIDE OR TAKEN FOR A RIDE? 15/09/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Excellent free talktime and text package

    Disadvantages Disadvantages coverage not good, expensive calls after free mins used

    I purchased an LG8110 on the 3 network after seeing an offer providing unlimited free texts for the 1st 3 months, 500 free cross-network talk minutes and half price line rental for the 1st 8 months (normally £25 a month. THE PHONE: The phone itself was actually free with the package. The phone slightly resembles a samsung and contains a camera, video camera and mp3 player. It also has the standard features such as predictive text messaging, polyphonic (or is it multiphonic now) ringtones, colour screen etc. As other people have mentioned, I found the reception terrible though this has recently ... more
  • 10 of 10 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    tommygirl3

    3 Stars Both good and bad experiences 11/05/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages 500 xnet minutes and 100 text for only £30

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Call centre routed to Mombai, they blame shift all the time!

    First of all, I've been with 3 for as long as they've been around. In the formative years, the quality of calls and video was atrocious. however in the last coupl eof years they seem to have pulled their socks up and upgraded their call quality. Or that Three are now using more O2 transmitters than before to improve coverage. I've been on this tariff for around 2 years now. Initially I chose this tariff as it offered the best bundle of minutes and text available crossnet for the price - and it still rivals with other provider's tariffs now! I've never had a problem with the calls. However when ... more

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