What 3G Network for Scapa

[Dave1w]

Heading up at the weekend, and want to buy a SIM card for my iPad. Can anyone tell me what networks are half decent?


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[Finless]

Assuming that you are diving from a boat then I would have thought the people you booked through would be the best placed to answer?

Are you staying in Scapa or heading 'out and about'?

[Charlie]

I have found three for data up there is best.

Charlie

[ziggi]

I used vodafone in my phone and three in a 3g wifi hotspot dongle and had no issues with either.

[stuart_m]

Don't know how useful this will be but, if you're staying on any of the boats that tie up next to the Hamnavoe you'll be able to piggy-back on it's wifi network

[Keith Wood]

I was on Vodafone in September, was ok for making calls while in the town, outside them a bit hit and miss. Getting on the internet more miss than hit but some of the pubs had wifi so not a problem

[Nidge]

Got bugger all from my Vodafone last week! Fortunately the house had wi-fi. My partner uses Virgin and she had a signal most of the time.

[Dave1w]

Thanks, staying in Valkyrie, but don’t really want to pester them. I’ll go pick up a 3 SIM card and see how not goes


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[topper133]

Whatever you do don't use O2, they have no data signal at all, my buddy (and most of the boat) were on EE and all seemed good, I was on O2 and cursing, have since moved provider!

[Helen F H]

Thanks, staying in Valkyrie, but don’t really want to pester them. I’ll go pick up a 3 SIM card and see how not goes


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Hello!

We have our own on board Wi-Fi which is free to use. It runs on EE. O2 is poor, with no 3G in Stromness.

See you next week.

[Dave1w]

Thanks Helen! See you next week!


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[rivers]

I'm on 3 and had near perfect reception most places in Stromness. When I was out in the middle of nowhere with friends, I still had signal most of the time.

[Strange One.]

Don't know how useful this will be but, if you're staying on any of the boats that tie up next to the Hamnavoe you'll be able to piggy-back on it's wifi network

I was on the Hamnavoe a couple of months ago on my way back south after delivering to Shetland.

Their wi-fi varied between crap and non-existent, so I spent the trip to Scrabster birdwatching on deck and trying to avoid God-awful American tourists...

[Dave1w]

We’re alongside now and I’m down in my bunk with 4G on EE with my iPad. Vodafone for my phone seems a bit sketchy though


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[Vanny]

Well jel.