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PhotoJim · 08-09-2009, 14:14

Less advantageous, too, though, since they both run at 1800 MHz. The net benefit to the network would be larger if one of them had merged with O2 or Vodafone.

Still, presuming this goes through, they can concentrate on building their network a little more religiously now. It's been two years since I've been in the UK, but at that time there were noticeable differences in coverage between Orange/T-Mobile and Vodafone/O2 (the latter having much more coverage, I assume on account of the 900 MHz spectrum). There were places where Orange was better than T-Mobile (e.g. Braemar, Aberdeenshire) and vice versa (e.g. Lower Breakish, Skye), so it'll be nice to see the networks merge.

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PhotoJim (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 389 Join Date: 10 Dec 2006 Location: Regina, SK, CA Country:	08-09-2009, 14:14 Less advantageous, too, though, since they both run at 1800 MHz. The net benefit to the network would be larger if one of them had merged with O2 or Vodafone. Still, presuming this goes through, they can concentrate on building their network a little more religiously now. It's been two years since I've been in the UK, but at that time there were noticeable differences in coverage between Orange/T-Mobile and Vodafone/O2 (the latter having much more coverage, I assume on account of the 900 MHz spectrum). There were places where Orange was better than T-Mobile (e.g. Braemar, Aberdeenshire) and vice versa (e.g. Lower Breakish, Skye), so it'll be nice to see the networks merge. CA: SaskTel, Wind postpaid; Rogers, Bell postpaid iPad flex plans; US: T-Mobile postpaid data, prepaid voice; PureTalk (AT&T MVNO) prepaid voice/data; AT&T prepaid iPad plan Hardware: Too much but notably iPhone 5, iPad Mini Retina LTE, Moto G LTE (N.A. version), iPhone 4. All unlocked.