Dogfather
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join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA | People are doing the same stuff...
...just a bit faster over 3G. |
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r81984
Fair and Balanced
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St John'S, NL
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| What are you going to do with it?
You can't download music without paying for it, so I am sure people just copy music to it.
It really sucks for browsing the internet so I can see that most people do not even use it.
The bandwidth is probably all from email and myspace.
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MarkyD
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join:2002-08-20
Oklahoma City, OK
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| The 3g speeds on AT&T suck.
Comparable to Sprint EVDO Rev 0 in OKC. Rev A blows AT&T's EVDO out of the water, at least in Oklahoma.
Off Topic: I was looking at AT&T's 3g coverage map yesterday. What the hell is the problem? How is it that Sprint & Verizon have EVDO rev.a coverage in extremely rural areas and up and down every major highway...but AT&T can't even cover the major highways with 3g? I don't get it.
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Simba7
join:2003-03-24
Billings, MT
1 edit | Eh.. Not buying an iPhone anyway.. iHype..
I'm sticking with my teathered HTC PPC-6800 on Alltel.
Unlimited Data.. Mmmmmm.. |
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RR Conductor
RailRoadDude
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join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA | reply to MarkyD
Re: The 3g speeds on AT&T suck.
AT&T has 3G coverage in my very rural area (Ukiah area in Mendocino County, NW California), and has recently turned up quite a bit of rural 3G here in NorCal. |
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kash
join:2005-08-13
Houston, TX
| Data Card
so glad there on wap.cingular apn instead of my isp.cingular  /me using the hell out of my cingular data card since there is no power here in houston |
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Cabal
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join:2007-01-21
Boston, MA | reply to Dogfather
Re: People are doing the same stuff...
So having faster speeds doesn't mean "just hitting the cap faster?" That's astounding. |
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supergirl
join:2007-03-20
Pensacola, FL
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| reply to Dogfather
Nobody is using it. That's why geniuses at AT&T Wireless. Of course, the people on TMobile use the heck out of the iPhone. 
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Steve B
join:2004-08-02
Seattle, WA | I Have To Say......
If the iPhone 3G is eating less bandwidth than expected, what does that say about AT&T's 3G network when it likes to go down a lot. LOL |
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MarkyD
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Oklahoma City, OK
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| reply to Simba7
Re: Eh.. Not buying an iPhone anyway.. iHype..
said by Simba7  :I'm sticking with my teathered HTC PPC-6800 on Alltel. Unlimited Data.. Mmmmmm.. not for long. Soon to be swallowed up by VZW. =(
I think Alltel is great. When I had Sprint here in OKC, I would often put my phone in forced roam just so I could use Alltel's network. In the boonies out here in OKC, coverage was PERFECT, everywhere on Alltel. |
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MarkyD
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Oklahoma City, OK
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| reply to Steve B
Re: I Have To Say......
said by Steve B :If the iPhone 3G is eating less bandwidth than expected, what does that say about AT&T's 3G network when it likes to go down a lot. LOL AT&T's 3g goes down more than Jenna Jameson. |
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Steve B
join:2004-08-02
Seattle, WA | LMAO |
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ptrowski
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Putnam, CT
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| reply to r81984
Re: What are you going to do with it?
said by r81984 :You can't download music without paying for it, so I am sure people just copy music to it. It really sucks for browsing the internet so I can see that most people do not even use it. The bandwidth is probably all from email and myspace. For me, I use it at work when I want to access something like IGN or Gamestop that gets blocked by the firewall. I have had my iPhone for about 5 weeks and have received 440MB and sent 22.4 MB as of right now.
As for browsing, I find it leap and bounds above the Blackberry and Sony Ericsson phones we also have.
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Tido
@rr.com
| I use it regularly
Well I've got a 3g iPhone and I use the 3g all the time. I watch anime's while at work, surf the net, post on forums, etc. I also Download music through dTunes(like iTunes but free music downloads..anywhere)It takes about 10 seconds to download a song with 3g btw- to people saying the speeds are bad. I use the 3g whenever possible. |
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Simba7
join:2003-03-24
Billings, MT
1 edit | reply to MarkyD
Re: Eh.. Not buying an iPhone anyway.. iHype..
Well, they still have to "Grandfather" me in.
..unless VZW really want to piss off *ALOT* of people.. Oh wait.. They're a huge monopolizing corporation.. Nevermind.. |
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Titus Pullo
I came, I saw, I slept
join:2004-06-26 | reply to MarkyD
Re: I Have To Say......
Baloney pony or carpet munching?
One thing's for sure: NO WAY the carpet matches the drapes ...
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
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| reply to MarkyD
Re: The 3g speeds on AT&T suck.
Problem in many areas have been the spectrum allocations in many markets, and issues with capacity on voice+data.
3G requires at least 5MHz of spectrum (paired no less).
EVDO requires 1.25MHz of spectrum (paired)
3G runs both voice and data across 3G
EVDO runs data only.
Pushing both voice+data over a 5MHz chunk in many areas doesn't cut it (metro), and in many areas, coming up with an extra large chunk of spectrum requires taking it away from GSM. This is why T-Mobile has to deploy its 3G in 1700/2100 MHz space.
Eg. Los Angeles market has a decent amount of spectrum to begin with. 22.5MHz paired - spread over 850/1900MHz.
Currently AT&T runs:
850MHz GSM (cell A block = 12.5MHz paired)
1900MHz GSM (pcs D block = 5MHz paired)
1900MHz UMTS/WCDMA (pcs B3 block = 5MHz paired)
In theory, all 3G devices will hit that 5MHz of 3G spectrum for voice and data. With spectrum capacity being maxed, calls 'should' handoff to GSM (happens ~50% in my case). If this was set for data only, it would work much better right now.
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to Tido
Re: I use it regularly
Have you used it for any voice calls ?
If you have, how many have dropped ?
Many (including myself) disable 3G due to 3g-->GSM dropped call handoffs.
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join:2003-06-23
Normal, IL | 3G working fine here..
Web pages load up almost as fast as wifi on my iPhone. No complaints here. I've downloaded over 60 megs in 2 days. |
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kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
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1 edit | Then why 3G speed SUCKS SO BAD NOW?
SSeriously: since hordes of iTards been dumped on the network AT&T 3g SUCKS LIKE NOTHING ELSE!
The other day I was measuring it with DSLR's mobile tool 2x at every hour for a 4-hour period and I never got anything higher than 300kbit/sec - as always PATHETIC PIECE OF CRAP SERVICE from AT&T.
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