huntml
join:2002-01-23
Mullica Hill, NJ
 ·Comcast
4 edits | reply to Jim Gurd
Re: How many devices affected?
From what I've seen and read, it's affected the entire network. Right after the iphone 3g launch, there were complaints of degraded data performance in a lot of areas of the country, even areas where ATTM's 3g buildout is at its most robust.
Of course, it's very difficult to sort out whether this was attributable to the iphone's allegedly passing unusual/poorly modulated data requests to the network, or whether it was just a matter of the huge influx of users (device specifics aside) that just overtaxed the network. Many people seem to think that ATTM was not prepared for the massive increase on market demands due to so many 3g users coming online all at once, so even if the iPhone has unique issue there are still underlying issues of underprovisioning of the network that have contributed to some of the problems.
But from my observation of general attitudes among iPhone users, a lot of people have had suspicions that the phone's performance, particularly on UMTS, is suspect, and people have been looking for an explanation.
So when things like this come out there is a tendency to give them some credence. You have to recall that there have been other, more solidly attributed reports that the iPhone has some radio issues, there were some people who tested it on the European 2100 MHz 3g band said that its 3g RF performance was below standard to such a degree that it probably should not have been certified. |
