Kildrought said:CGorman, I reckon eircom/meteor will take up the remaining 3G licence.
podgerodge said:On first impression doing some very quick sums, I am very disappointed in the costs - Meteor is still cheaper UNLESS you are going to be using Peak calls. For me in an office where 99% of calls are offpeak, 3 is no good. Interesting to see if they bring in a pay as u go..they have one in the UK.
podgerodge said:Also, they appear to offer roaming in only 10 countries at present! Weird considering they have roaming agreements with 150 countries according to their UK site - maybe someone with some tech knowledge could explain why the same agreements would not automatically cover them for Irish customers?
MonsieurBond said:They are probably only offering roaming to countries with WCMDA (3G) coverage. I am sure that most of the handsets also support 2.5G so it is probably a matter of testing in different markets in order to have global support for 3G/2.5G switchover. My Vodafone 3G Sony Ericsson V800 has a "Preferred Network" menu where I can choose "3G and 2G" or "2G only". The latter is needed in some cases where the 3 coverage exists but is very poor - the phone would keep trying to connect to the 3G service and gives me no coverage.
podgerodge said:Thanks M. Bond. So you think the phones may pick up a 2G network anyway?
podgerodge said:Or is there no chance until 3Ireland offer roaming officially?
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