3's £25 for 500 xnet mins is still a good deal and I'd still like to have
one even though I can't make voice calls where I work (lancaster) on the 3g
network. But, if it was possible to force the phone to use a 2g connection
I'd be alright, is that possible?

"Brian Sheldon" wrote in message
...
3's £25 for 500 xnet mins is still a good deal and I'd still like to have
one even though I can't make voice calls where I work (lancaster) on the
3g
network. But, if it was possible to force the phone to use a 2g connection
I'd be alright, is that possible?

From what I understand, Three's phones should automatically switch to a 2G
network whenever it is not possible to use the 3G network.

"Mwongozi" wrote in message
. ..
"Brian Sheldon" wrote in message
...
3's £25 for 500 xnet mins is still a good deal and I'd still like to
have
one even though I can't make voice calls where I work (lancaster) on the
3g
network. But, if it was possible to force the phone to use a 2g
connection
I'd be alright, is that possible?

From what I understand, Three's phones should automatically switch to a 2G
network whenever it is not possible to use the 3G network.


Problem: lancaster is a 3g area BUT you can't make voicecalls while you're
in that area. Not to a landline, not to 3's voicemail and not to another
mobile network. I've chatted to both The Link and Carphonewarehouse in
lancaster and they both admit you can't make a voice call from their own
shops. When I had a 3 mobile (for a day), 3 said there was nothing wrong
with the lancaster cell, I needed a new handset.

"Brian Sheldon" wrote in message

|| "Mwongozi" wrote in message
|| . ..
||| "Brian Sheldon" wrote in message
||| ...
|||| 3's £25 for 500 xnet mins is still a good deal and I'd still like
|||| to have one even though I can't make voice calls where I work
|||| (lancaster) on the 3g network. But, if it was possible to force
|||| the phone to use a 2g connection I'd be alright, is that possible?
|||
||| From what I understand, Three's phones should automatically switch
||| to a 2G network whenever it is not possible to use the 3G network.
|||
||
|| Problem: lancaster is a 3g area BUT you can't make voicecalls while
|| you're in that area. Not to a landline, not to 3's voicemail and not
|| to another mobile network. I've chatted to both The Link and
|| Carphonewarehouse in lancaster and they both admit you can't make a
|| voice call from their own shops. When I had a 3 mobile (for a day),
|| 3 said there was nothing wrong with the lancaster cell, I needed a
|| new handset.

Many people are having similar problems and 3 are making every excuse under
the sun, either it's a sim card fault or a handset fault, but it's not their
fault :-).

You can't force the 3g phones to use a 2g service if it's in 3g coverage,
it'll only switch over when there is no 3g coverage. However, you could
always put the 3 sim into a 2g or 2.5g phone. Here's a list that might help
you, it's an unofficial list of what handsets the 3 sim will and won't work
in: http://www.geocities.com/drtamseel/2ph3sim.html

HTH,
--
Chris Michael
www.INTOmobiles.com
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