[fatdoc]

OK, thought it best not to ask in the iPhone / what mobile thread... As I've near choked in the cost of upgrading my old iPhone 4 to a 6, that ain't gonna happen.

For years I've endured poor O2 reception at work, no tether and accepted inflated costs until out of contract.

Decision near made to go 1. To android, 2. To 3

That gives me a personally acceptable deal of about £25 per month for the package I need, with a tether I desire that will work at work... That's for a S4

Possible fly in the ointment.. And the point of the post... What's 3 reception like on the eastern edges?? ( I accept in dales / deep valleys my mobile won't b any good...) I know back in the day 3 was a bit shit in the peak... I presume it's now improved???

Cheers for any input...

[Johnny Brown]

I've always been on Orange/ T-mobile/ EE, which I originally joined for the rural coverage. It has the odd dead spot but I had 3G at Chee Tor the other day.

[Obi-Wan is lost...]

This makes it look quite patchy...
http://www.three.co.uk/support/Coverage?postcode=hatherage

However I've been on Three for years and never had many problems in the Peak.

[deacon]

I'm with three and often use the ukc logbooks rather than taking a guidebook with me. Coverage is very good with internet access at all crags (I've a feeling I don't get internet at yarncliffe though).
I also don't get access at the stanage carparks but once on the crag it's flawless.
I'm using an iPhone 4 if that makes a difference.

[fatdoc]

Awesome. That's what  I needed to know.

very much obliged... I've rethought the handset. ( compact Sony z1). The the premise still valid...

Time for a change, that will save me over £15 a month.. Thanks all!

[fatdoc]

Sorry about the iPad word repeats..

[Mike Tyson]

Don't know about Peak specifically, but I've been on Orange/EE for years and have usually had a decent signal in most of the rural parts of Cumbria. I've generally found their customer service to be good, I rang up to pay a bill last month and they dropped my tariff by £10 per month, and upped my data to 2.7gb per  month from 1gb. So I now get unlimited calls, unlimited texts and 2.7gb of data a month for £21. Fairly happy with that, but on the downside they now charge you to call customer services out of hours, I was late paying my bill this month so they sent me a text that was very matter of fact and stated they had charged me £5, and they have had that recently publicised stunt of allowing customers to pay to jump the cue when calling up for assistance. I have my ipad on EE 4G and it is well rapid also.

[Sloper]

I recently changed my phone to a HTC something or other, £16 per month with '3' and it does lots of things I don't understand and has lots of things I can't use, reception in the peak was pretty good from memory as Toby says.