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Re: N900 UK Networks

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Originally Posted by noelsolutions (Post 372980)

Still happy with my £331.79 with 3 discounts including Express delivery and extra battery. £392.99 is a good deal would rather spend a little extra and get a sim free version.

MPD is a company I would never use again they was really poor when I got my TP2 and N97 from them. There on my list of internet stores to never use again.

What exactly was it about MPD that was a problem? I've ordered from them so I'm naturally interested to know about any issues there might be with them.

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Originally Posted by dreadnought (Post 372993)

What exactly was it about MPD that was a problem? I've ordered from them so I'm naturally interested to know about any issues there might be with them.

Me too, I have an order with them...

Re: N900 UK Networks

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Originally Posted by noelsolutions (Post 372980)

MPD is a company I would never use again they was really poor when I got my TP2 and N97 from them. There on my list of internet stores to never use again.

A friend of mine has placed an order for HTC Hero with T-Mobile new contract on MPD's website some time ago. Despite he already was a T-Mobile contract customer (he was taking additional contract on his name), MPD asked him to send copies of his passport, licence etc. - allegedly required by T-Mobile for credit check...

I am slightly sceptical about MPD too, but they are the one and only option to get N900 with contract these days, so there's no other choice than sit back and wait how things evolve... Fingers crossed!

Re: N900 UK Networks

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Originally Posted by dreadnought (Post 372993)

What exactly was it about MPD that was a problem? I've ordered from them so I'm naturally interested to know about any issues there might be with them.

Same here. Strange but all of this time of anticipating N900 nothing bad (as far as I noticed) was mentioned about MPD. Now after the release and our pre-orders (mine Vodafone 12 months 300mins+ Web) we got in worries again...

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sorry didn't mean to cause anyone any concerns. They were very rude on the phone and took ages to respond to my mails (avoiding me) unprofessional. The service was just terrible. Both phones were purchased at the same time. I already had tmobile contacts and have been with them for years when they was one2one. They cancelled my original contract just made a complete mess which took a month to sort out and a huge bill at the end of the month.

My problems only got sorted with me going to the Southampton store. I order my N97 from them due to them being nokia partners, They really had trouble dealing with the demand and gave out wrong information everytime I called.

Maybe things have changed and I wish you all luck 

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I just noticed that the Vodafone (UK)'s unlimited data plan is not truely unlimited, it's only 500MB

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The Pack gives you unlimited data access in the UK only, subject to a fair use limit of 500mb per month.

Source - http://www.vodaphone.co.uk/dispatch/...ageID=PTC_0004

See point 38: Data Access - monthly bundles

But I reckon you can go above the limit within good reasons.

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Originally Posted by ddracopo (Post 373039)

You mean Your Plan £35 + Web?

Have they taken the £89 yet or do they take it later when they've done a credit check, etc?

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Kieron, answered your question on other page.

For those asking about the branding of phones from MPD this is the email response I got when I asked.

Hi

The handsets we sell here are unlocked to use any SIM and they are unbranded, i.e. they don't have a network logo printed on the outside of the phone, nor do they come with any network specific software installed.

It is likely that a handset supplied from Vodafone directly will be locked to their own network and will contain their software on the handset.

Regards

Mobile Phones Direct Ltd

Hope that helps?

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Originally Posted by rash.m2k (Post 372583)

Yes, SNR and signal strength are different things. Bu I would think that the signal bar you see on your phone is a combination of SNR and Signal strength.

You would hope so but - anecdotally on most phones at least - it is not. The combined effect of signal strength, snr and available bandwidth (let's call it signal quality) can fluctuate relatively rapidly which could make people uneasy about placing calls.

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My reasoning is that since the signal is encrypted (with 3G/UMTS) you must first decrypt the signal before you can determine if it's strong or not.

You don't need to decrypt anything to measure field strength.

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On a separate note perhaps jjx was experiencing low data throughput because there were lots of other people using data within his location?

There's lots of other potential factors including network congestion elsewhere, provider issues or even problems at the server he was trying to use. However, IP networks are something I do know about and so is less fun to speculate about on a forum ;)

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With RF bandwidth being such a scarce resource, I would assume the contention ratio would be much much higher than say normal broadband.

Quite possibly, but the data rates and individual loads involved are generally much lower. Most traffic would be voice at a few 100 Kb/s for calls of a few minutes. You don't see many people trying to torrent gigabytes of data across 3G and they certainly don't expect the throughput you get from ADSL or cable connections.

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A good intellectual debate I'd say ;), better than some of the mindless posts on here. :p

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Originally Posted by evad (Post 372602)

Yes indeed (I am a great fan of techie-side of mobile technology, in fact), however I don't think we're exactly on-topic here. :)

Bah! Who cares about on-topic? In this thread? This close to (hopefully) receiving our devices?

The moment MPD deliver my phone and connect it to my new T-Mo contract, the better. << - There, I've done some on-topic, can we get back to the interesting conversations now?

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Which MDP T-m deal did you get? I don't know whether to go with Voda what they have up now, or wait and see if they get any T-m deals back...