The Big Bounce to EDGE Happens With Other AT&T 3G Phones Too -

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ATT_User @charter.com	The Big Bounce to EDGE Happens With Other AT&T 3G Phones Too Although I'm sure AT&T would rather place the blame on the Hardware, all 4 of my family's 3G phones keep bouncing back to EDGE/GSM and none of them are iPhones. They do it while idle or while on a call. Very annoying. AT&T's 3G network just plain sucks in some areas and lacks capacity and the backhaul to maintain several concurrent sessions at once. True, the iPhone gets all the attention: good or bad. But AT&T needs a bit of heat to improve the overall network quality. Maybe by placing the heat on Apple, AT&T can buy itself a bit more time. Even though the voice quality on EDGE leaves a lot to be desired, it is still much stronger than 3G. I watch my phone's 3G signal indicator while placing my Moto v3xx on the desk. It starts off with full bars, then within a minute or two eventually goes to zero bars then the Big Bounce to EDGE commences.
ATT_User @charter.com	to forum · permalink · 2008-08-13 21:38:56 ·
I_Luv_Cingular @tmodns.net	This happens to me too. I live in the Hollywood, CA. area. Our AT&T 3G phones to that too. We only have 10 MHz of PCS capacity that is being used for 3G while EDGE takes up way more than that. AT&T is really skimping on the network in our area focusing on hitting sales numbers than improving their service quality. Voice quality over the regular network continues to deteriorate too. Too many customers, not enough network investment.
I_Luv_Cingular @tmodns.net	to forum · permalink · 2008-08-13 22:11:25 ·

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The Big Bounce to EDGE Happens With Other AT&T 3G Phones Too