May 19, 2013

Are you receiving me and if not why not?

We’ve come a long way with our mobile phones.  The days of the “phone box” seriously numbered, even school children … and babies(?) have their own handsets.  The UK started using some kind of “Radiophone system” as far back as in 1958.  The phone was a big black box that was kept in the boot of a car which also housed all the other electronic components[Read more...]

Is the future Orange?

Well, I have used the Orange network for a while now and I can’t really say I’m disappointed at all. Every network has their faults, but Orange on the whole have been rather good. In my household signal on most networks is hard to go by, the worst being Vodafone, when my friend who uses Vodafone , pops round he tends to be frustrated with the lack of signal he gets. O2 is OK (when stood in certain positions). But Orange, with its addition of T-Mobile signal works a treat and it’s very rare that my signal bars are down to nil. Obviously signal isn’t the only reason that makes a network a success or a flop, without a doubt Vodafone, O2 and others are great successes but for me Orange is top of the pile for now. [Read more...]