GOne2: Like a cat in a sack of bricks thrown in a canal

In my last post I pondered what to do now my mobile contract was up.

A new iPhone 4? A Nexus One?

Or rather than dive in to a new network blind for 24 months why not try ALL the UK's networks that carry the iPhone to find the best? Lovely!

So its a great opportunity to take advantage of SIM Only deals and try out all the UK networks one by one in order to find the best UK network for your iPhone.

Life on O2 in London with an iPhone has been a frustrating affair over the past year or so. Signal level itself has never seemed to be an issue, more the actual Quality of Service.

At home in North London (hardly the sticks) I'd always have full 3G signal. Great stuff. Until I'd try to make something as old fashioned as a phone call:

Commence call.
Put phone to head.
Wait for ringing tone.
Carry on waiting for the ringing tone.
Consider writing my Will in case of death by natural causes prior to the phone call actually taking place.
Give up altogether.

You can imagine how frustrating this would get. Not just once, but whenever trying to place a call in Central London.

Sadly this wasn't all; often despite full signal I'd miss not just calls but voice mails entirely, as well as texts. It got to the point where at home and work I'd just switch 3G off to stay in touch.

I never had a beef with O2's network pre iPhone. It has mighty old school GSM coverage. It seems though that they've simply sold too many iPhone's during their period of exclusivity in the UK without the 3G capacity to back it up.

Therefore it's clear that my demands for a network have changed dramatically since having my iPhone. So I thinked (sic) the unthinkable. I want a 3G network. So I need a network called 3?

Next: Goodbye O2, Hello 3 - I go back to a network I once vowed never to use again.