O2 Tesco Pre Pay mobile phone

[KittyGlitter]

Does anyone know if O2 provide good coverage in the UK? Thanks

[5029]

Yes they do, i've had O2 phones for years and never had a problem with coverage (unlike with orange)

[IndieSinger]

I am the complete opposite. Where I live, only Orange and Vodaphone get a signal - O2, T-Mobile and 3Mobile don't.

[hugnie21]

I'm with O2 and my other family members are with Vodaphone, Orange and 3. Wherever we are I'm always the one with the best signal. Which means they are always borrowing my phone!

[pagey3]

I have o2 and like any network there are certain places I can't get good coverage (changing rooms in bournemouth's debenhams mainly!) but its a good network - buy online with them - much better deals!

[LoungeLizard]

Hi Kitty,

I recently changed my mobile phone service provider from Orange to Vodafone.  One of the reasons I did this was to get better reception.

All service providers claim to cover virtually all of the UK but will not admit to variance in signal quality whereas we all know reception varies greatly from area to area (and for many reasons).

In practice, I receive most of my mobile calls at home or very near home; so I decided to do some research and see who had the nearest mobile (GPS) mast to my house; and see if this gave me more reliable reception.

Here's a link to that site; thoughI found it a very awkward site to use.  I'd also be very interested to hear any challenges as to the merits of my theory!

http://www.sitefinder.radio.gov.uk/

[heatherglen]

I use O2 and live in mountainous Perthshire - it works very well - always a strong signal!