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I was switched from virgin mobile to o2. When I was on virgin I had excellent data & call coverage but on o2 the data is often slow & calls drop out, people can't hear me etc. Why is it such a different experience if VM piggybacked on o2?
My phone was switched from Virgin Mobile to o2 on 23rd August. I am aware Virgin used o2's signal. I have not made any changes to the phone settings. When the switch over happened I received a notification that my network operator had changed setting...
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