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I have now used every Irish network including the 3G radio on the iPhone 3G and have used MAXroam in it with full 3G in a couple of different countries. All with no issue So what am I using Well its this little beauty.The Rebel sim card, (Go buy one and test it use the code weekend10 for a 10% discount this weekend) it works every time on every network, nothing has failed on it yet including inbound, outbound calls and full 3G plus phone is pwned to allow me to use any apps including QIK that I want.

The phone is mine I paid for it, I want to use it on whatever network I choose, I don’t want to be tied to an O2 network that I have no faith in and I don’t want to pay extortionate roaming fees. We are stuck in the dark ages in telecoms, I don’t have to buy a TV that Sky the satellite company gets ongoing revenue stream from and a new contract, same with my car, I don’t have to buy a car that the gas company I use gets to pick and I don’t have to buy a router that my internet provider insists upon. Why aren’t mobile phones sold like every other household device? revenue comes from the line rental and the usage, if my carrier lets me down I can move on.

Google have just missed a huge opportunity to break down the telecom walls with the much awaited release of their Android device, why didn’t they sell it direct to the public from electronic stores, let the customers use their existing SIM and contract, the revenue is coming from the advertising and I presume the build cost above the $200 that it is rumoured to retail at could be earned downstream, they didn’t, it was straight back into bed with the most closed network of all.

Here are some screen shots of the iPhone using 3 Ireland, MAXroam and even using T-Mobile on Michael Arringtons phone.

Pat Phelan, Pat Phelan: Bits, bytes and telecoms, Sep 2008