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super trooper 101 · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 13:55 Post subject: 3 mobile.... why did i bother

Signed up to 3 mobile 9months ago, to prevent the cost of land lines... broadband.... new line costs!!! £120!!!!

And the fact that i carnt rem the last time i made a call on the land line!!!! didnt seem worth having one.

Any how, i carnt get certain pages to load, the most noticable is pop up windows, i e your on autotrader, see a car click on larger photo and just get
a blank screen.. nothing else

Trying to put a for sale post up but i carnt get the page to finish its business! just freezes..... pulling my hair out...

any help as always welcome

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markymoan · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 15:33 Post subject:

I'm on 3 mobile broadband and its ok unless its prime time, 4pm - 9pm then it goes on a go slow, the Argos website doesnt work properly and the daily mail one wont load at all.
I got a better connection by not using the new software it prompts you to install, that was just a pain with the my 3 home page loading everytime there was a connection loss Evil or Very Mad

What sort of connection do you get, I only get 2-3 bars and it keeps switching between 3G and HSDPA, its fine when it stays on one but freezes if it switches during a page load.
I'm thinking of getting a lil arial for the dongle as it has a slot for one Confused

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markymoan · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 15:48 Post subject:

The annoying thing on this site is when I do get a connection loss allbeit say a couple of seconds I lose all the orange flags for new posts Rolling Eyes

This is because its cookie based and not held on the database.
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Wirdy · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 17:11 Post subject:

Agree Mark about the peak times overload / go-slow. Can be really bad around 6-7pm.

If you try calling 3 to complain about connectivity / speed you just get a foreign call centre who take you through a preset flowchart that presumes your PC is at fault when you KNOW it's the 3 network. And at the end they ask you to try the modem in a different area.........a different room? you ask.................er,no, a different POSTCODE!! yeah right - I'm gonna be driving around with my PC in the car and an inverter to power it. Rolling Eyes

I've given up & don't bother trying to do anything important during the early evening - it's fine off-peak. Smile

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super trooper 101 · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 17:11 Post subject:

2 to 3 bars at the best, always changing. Have noticed when i lose connection i lose the orange markers, bloody annoying.

Just wish i could sort this page loading issue, trying to order my shopping last night and couldnt check out,

go to work this morning and bang.. done!!!!!!!! 30 second job!

I have noticed things seem a little better since the update, although the new page opening is rather annoying.

I wonder what causes it to do so, doesnt seem to matter what time of day for certain things. ie again the auto trader pages.

Cheers for the response marky Wink

markymoan · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 17:24 Post subject:

I think the network is overloaded, It works great at 3am
Try this link Laughing

www.dailymail.co.uk
And I bet theres a lot more like it
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super trooper 101 · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 18:36 Post subject:

lol, been there wirdy, driving around for a better signal!!

Took them 2 weeks last time to fix the transmiter and over £10 worth of phone calls for me!

Had talk talk broadband before we moved and it was spot on! want to call them (3), but like you say off to the far/middle east call centre......

then i start pulling my hair again!!!!!! Evil or Very Mad

markymoan · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 18:47 Post subject:

Somebody has to post it CONTAINS SOME SWEARING

Link

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super trooper 101 · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 18:54 Post subject:

Pmsl

Was going to call them this evening but not sure i can keep my laughing to meself!!!!

Oh well just keep putting up with it/them !!!

Wirdy · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 21:26 Post subject:

LOL.. Yes. Yes. That's 3 broadband tech support Very Happy

Brilliant.
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Hard1 · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 21:49 Post subject:

Copper Wires..

That's what it's all about. Now you definitely know we're in a Thirld World Country.. Crying or Very sad

It's an absolute joke.. all of it.. Mad

We pay highest in the world for the worst service, because, as BT so eloquently puts it "We own all the 'kin wires"

Almost every other county has made a commitment to fibre optics except us.... Evil or Very Mad

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markymoan · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 21:56 Post subject:

Funny thing is that the fastest home broadband in the UK is through those copper wires Wink

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Hard1 · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 21:57 Post subject:

Be a lot faster if we all had fibre optics though....

I'm sure copper wires are great if you live within 50 metres of an exchange and you pay for guaranteed bandwidth...
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markymoan · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 22:08 Post subject:

Maybe so but us in this thread are talking about Broadband via the mobile network Laughing

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Hard1 · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 22:15 Post subject:

Yes but trust me - wires are part of the equation somewhere in the loop....
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