Welsh chap, the 14 day thing was partly my fault, as i rushed and got the phone a couple of days before i went on holiday for 2 weeks.
i called them said it was ****, they sent a new sim card next day and while it wasnt great at home i went to the **** end of spain and it worked perfectly, full signal, 3g the lot in a little barely heard of village in spain...
got home and it was still very poor.
ive had i think 3 sim cards and 2 phones.
matty, this is my first 'smart phone' before it i had some nokia crap that didnt go on the net, and the signal still wasnt great then.
i got the iphone thinking i could access the net anywhere, which is simply not the case.
i guess i should have checked the vodafone coverage before rushing into it as i said.
the village i live in has never been great for signal, but everyone at work bar those on vodafone do not have any issues. one other guy in the workshop is on vodafone and has a htc phone, he does not get good reception either.
everyone else seems to be on either orange, 3 or o2... and now we know why lol