3G speeds in Cambridge, MA suddenly <50 kbit/s - help!

[dannyboy123]

Hi there,

I've got a problem with the speeds of 3G data (voice is fine) in Cambridge, MA. Last week it was 'good', i.e., in excess of 500 kbit/s, but now if I can connect at all it's less than 50 kbit/s. Even EDGE is faster. FYI, I've always had 5 bars of 3G coverage and do so now.

I live in Harvard Square, which is where the problem is worst, but can drive to other areas in Cambridge and get great speeds (800 kbit/s or so).

I've been playing phone tag with AT&T and Apple this week. Apple gave me a replacement phone (still no joy) and AT&T 'reprovisioned' my account and gave me a new SIM. No luck at all! AT&T say that there's no problem with any of the 3G cell sites in my area.

Has anyone else had similar problems? Any advice would be hugely appreciated!

Thanks all, Dan.

 

[Quincy9219]

It's a network problem, and if fixes from AT&T and Apple have done nothing, then you're stuck. Sorry, but there is a problem with that area, perhaps something in the area that is weakening the data transfer capabilities of the signal

 

[dannyboy123]

Thanks for your reply. I don't get why the speeds used to be fine and now they're terrible. The amazing thing is that it's affecting vast swathes of Cambridge (total population 100,000).

Anyway, I've contacted AT&T who said that they'll try and send an engineer out to see what's up. Doubtless they'll say all is fine, even though it's clearly not!