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PhotoJim · 07-12-2010, 17:41

O2 and Vodafone are the two carriers with 900 MHz spectrum, which will tend to give them the best rural coverage. Perhaps this is as simple as examining their coverage maps and seeing who has the best network, and using that single carrier.

T-Mobile and Orange share an 1800 MHz network, and Three uses a 3G 2100 MHz network (and roams on 2G Orange, at least based on my experiences in Scotland in '07). So the best bets are almost certainly going to be Voda and O2, unless you are needing coverage down to this building's basement versus that building's basement.

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PhotoJim (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 389 Join Date: 10 Dec 2006 Location: Regina, SK, CA Country:	07-12-2010, 17:41 O2 and Vodafone are the two carriers with 900 MHz spectrum, which will tend to give them the best rural coverage. Perhaps this is as simple as examining their coverage maps and seeing who has the best network, and using that single carrier. T-Mobile and Orange share an 1800 MHz network, and Three uses a 3G 2100 MHz network (and roams on 2G Orange, at least based on my experiences in Scotland in '07). So the best bets are almost certainly going to be Voda and O2, unless you are needing coverage down to this building's basement versus that building's basement. CA: SaskTel, Wind postpaid; Rogers, Bell postpaid iPad flex plans; US: T-Mobile postpaid data, prepaid voice; PureTalk (AT&T MVNO) prepaid voice/data; AT&T prepaid iPad plan Hardware: Too much but notably iPhone 5, iPad Mini Retina LTE, Moto G LTE (N.A. version), iPhone 4. All unlocked.