Mobile phone and broadband package

Does anyone have a good mobile phone and mobile
broadband package with one provider, to the point
you have managed to do without a BT landline?

I have to subscribe to Sky to get a television
signal (live in a 'dip' behind the transmitter) so
have their digital tv and broadband package with a
BT landline

I have a voip account with voip.co.uk

I'm not really bothered about tv, so was thinking
about getting shot of Sky (£26/month), TV licence
(£12/month) and BT landline (£13/month) and going
over to mobile broadband and phone. I already
have a 3 mobile phone contract (£18/month).

Anyone already done it?

"LP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Does anyone have a good mobile phone and mobile broadband package with one
> provider, to the point you have managed to do without a BT landline?
>
>
After recently moving, i'm making do with Three mobile
phone, (Nokia 6120c) and using the same phone for
HSDPA BB. (sending this with it) getting 1 to 2Mbps d/l.

and freeview TV

Steve Terry

In uk.telecom.broadband LP <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I have to subscribe to Sky to get a television
> signal (live in a 'dip' behind the transmitter) so
> have their digital tv and broadband package with a
> BT landline

If you can't get decent TV, are you sure you can get decent 3G?

I'd test out the signal strength you can get before jumping ship - you don't
want to cancel all those contracts and discover you're at sub-modem speeds
or worse. What kind of signal do Three give you on your existing phone?
Have you tried browsing on it, or cable/Bluetooth pairing with a laptop to
see how the speeds compare?

Theo

Theo Markettos wrote:
> In uk.telecom.broadband LP <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> I have to subscribe to Sky to get a television
>> signal (live in a 'dip' behind the transmitter) so
>> have their digital tv and broadband package with a
>> BT landline
>
> If you can't get decent TV, are you sure you can get decent 3G?
>
> I'd test out the signal strength you can get before jumping ship - you don't
> want to cancel all those contracts and discover you're at sub-modem speeds
> or worse. What kind of signal do Three give you on your existing phone?
> Have you tried browsing on it, or cable/Bluetooth pairing with a laptop to
> see how the speeds compare?

Thanks for the pointer. I've got a pretty good
signal strength on my 3 mobile phone and using a 3
dongle, achieve broadband download speed of more
than 2500 kpbs according to broadbandmax speed test.

Regarding the TV, we were switched over to digital
earlier this month and I must confess I haven't
checked if the signals got any better or even
reached us.

With near maximum 3 mobile broadband speed and
first class 3 mobile phone coverage, I've pretty
much now decided to drop TV, Sky and BT anyway.

(BTW, had a minor technical issue on installation
and 3's support was first class.)

On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:22:00 +0100, LP <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Does anyone have a good mobile phone and mobile
>broadband package with one provider, to the point
>you have managed to do without a BT landline?
>
>I have to subscribe to Sky to get a television
>signal (live in a 'dip' behind the transmitter) so
>have their digital tv and broadband package with a
>BT landline
>
>I have a voip account with voip.co.uk
>
>I'm not really bothered about tv, so was thinking
>about getting shot of Sky (£26/month), TV licence
>(£12/month) and BT landline (£13/month) and going
>over to mobile broadband and phone. I already
>have a 3 mobile phone contract (£18/month).
>
>Anyone already done it?


I'd like to know how well SIP-based VoIP over Three's BB works, if
that's what you intend...

In uk.telecom.broadband Mark <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I'd like to know how well SIP-based VoIP over Three's BB works, if
> that's what you intend...

I haven't tried it directly, but my experience of Three BB puts it into the
"haven't a hope" category... the data flow isn't smooth enough to make it a
sensible idea.

But the OP has a Three mobile, so I assume he'll be using GSM for voice
calls rather than over VOIP.

Theo

"Mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:22:00 +0100, LP <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>snip>
> I'd like to know how well SIP-based VoIP over Three's BB works,
> if that's what you intend...
>
>
I've used Skype with webcam over Three BB, no problem as long
as i'm on a 3.5g cell

Steve Terry

On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:22:00 +0100, LP <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Does anyone have a good mobile phone and mobile
>broadband package with one provider, to the point
>you have managed to do without a BT landline?
>
>I have to subscribe to Sky to get a television
>signal (live in a 'dip' behind the transmitter) so
>have their digital tv and broadband package with a
>BT landline
>
>I have a voip account with voip.co.uk
>
>I'm not really bothered about tv, so was thinking
>about getting shot of Sky (£26/month), TV licence
>(£12/month) and BT landline (£13/month) and going
>over to mobile broadband and phone. I already
>have a 3 mobile phone contract (£18/month).
>
>Anyone already done it?

Other than being unsatisfied with the content, I fail to understand
why you wish to cease watching TV. You can watch satellite TV without
paying any subscription whatsoever, the only cost being the TV licence
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Peter

On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:06:56 +0100, Java Jive wrote:

> And if you watch TV via the iPlayer, IMS you still need a licence, so
> you might as well have a proper setup. If he can't get decent Freeview,
> Freesat may well be the best option. There's a doc on my site that
> outlines the options for receiving UK TV, if the OP is interested.
> http://tinyurl.com/5svtuk
> ... standing in for ...
> http://www.macfh.co.uk/JavaJive/Audi...TVInTheUK.html
>
> On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:05:13 +0100, Petert
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:22:00 +0100, LP <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> >
>> >I'm not really bothered about tv, so was thinking about getting shot
>> >of Sky (£26/month), TV licence (£12/month) and BT landline (£13/month)
>> >and going over to mobile broadband and phone. I already have a 3
>> >mobile phone contract (£18/month).
>> >
>> >Anyone already done it?
>>
>> Other than being unsatisfied with the content, I fail to understand why
>> you wish to cease watching TV. You can watch satellite TV without
>> paying any subscription whatsoever, the only cost being the TV licence
>
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Why does this retard need to keep top posting? Does he have some kind of
learning disability or something? Is he backward? Is he just ignorant and
stupid?

R Johnson wrote:

> Why does this retard need to keep top posting? Does he have some kind of
> learning disability or something? Is he backward? Is he just ignorant and
> stupid?

Why did you have quote his entire post?

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