Edge faster than 3G? PA 3g issues?

[BackFocus]

hey, picked up a 3g iPhone yesterday. Take a look at these speed results. Is there a known outage in PA? The ATT rep yesterday said that they were experiencing outages in "western PA.....northern PA....Eastern PA....", but this was right after she asked "Pennsylvania...that's PA, right"

any other experiences?

 

[tomjleeds]

Just ran that, so it's safe to say there's an issue in your area Or with your setup, I guess, but I'm assuming that's OK.

 

[BackFocus]

I ran the same test on a few iPhones at the store today.....same speeds. ARG, this is pretty frustrating. I put down 300 smackers and 10 extra a month for slower speeds. We're in a 3G area, full 3g signal. I don't get it. Same speeds for my boss down in Philly.

 

[trojndds]

Ya I feel your pain. I'm in downtown Los Angeles and I just ran the test and only got 293kbps/36kpbs......

 

[BackFocus]

Ya I feel your pain. I'm in downtown Los Angeles and I just ran the test and only got 293kbps/36kpbs......

You think this is an AT&T issue, with the huge influx of 3g customers?

 

[Flyer0815]

3G service seems to be quite bad here in Philadelphia. I am getting very poor signal quality in areas that were excellent 3G areas just a few days ago. My non iPhone 3G phone is also crapping out. 3G data is either very slow, or dont work at all. After calling ATT, they told me they are aware of poor 3G service in the Philadelphia area, and are working on it.... Still waiting here....

 

[BackFocus]

3G service seems to be quite bad here in Philadelphia. I am getting very poor signal quality in areas that were excellent 3G areas just a few days ago. My non iPhone 3G phone is also crapping out. 3G data is either very slow, or dont work at all. After calling ATT, they told me they are aware of poor 3G service in the Philadelphia area, and are working on it.... Still waiting here....

know anyone with standard 3g phones? are they experiencing a slowdown, or was it always this slow?

 

[iMonkeez]

know anyone with standard 3g phones? are they experiencing a slowdown, or was it always this slow?

I got 1.3Mbps in London..

 

[BackFocus]

I got 1.3Mbps in London..

quit rubbin' it in just another reason to move to london post-graduation...

 

[markgamber]

I was getting about 300 kbps here in Lancaster, about 60 miles west of Philly. Then this morning I ran a test and it was doing between 910 and 950 kbps. An hour or so later and it was back to 300 kbps and that's where it's been since then. I'm figuring either the network is getting pounded or they're doing work. Either way, I'm hopeful that it's temporary and in a week or two it'll fly.

 

[maryamaz]

I'm having the same problems here in the DC suburbs. I called Apple tech support because my battery was also acting strange, and while I had him on the phone I mentioned my 3G issues. He was pretty sure that it's a hardware issue and made an AppleCare appointment for me. Just something to keep in mind. It's just strange that both my husband and I have the same exact problems with our iPhones.

 

[BackFocus]

I'm having the same problems here in the DC suburbs. I called Apple tech support because my battery was also acting strange, and while I had him on the phone I mentioned my 3G issues. He was pretty sure that it's a hardware issue and made an AppleCare appointment for me. Just something to keep in mind. It's just strange that both my husband and I have the same exact problems with our iPhones.

yeah, I thought so too, but I ran the speed test at our apple store, same speeds. Also, my boss who also experienced the slowdown is getting blazing speeds on his trip to Norfolk. Ugh, ATT..

 

[Nikhil72]

I'm away for the weekend, but on Friday, I was getting between mid-300s to near 500 kbps in the Philly/Main Line area...haven't been back since to test, however.

 

[jalessi]

Having the exact same problem in the SE Phila area...

All around Delaware County, getting about 72 kbps on 3G and 170 kbps on EDGE. It is pathetic. I have tested everywhere and am fully blanketed within the coverage area as indicated on their map.

 

[hard-case]

hey, picked up a 3g iPhone yesterday. Take a look at these speed results. Is there a known outage in PA? The ATT rep yesterday said that they were experiencing outages in "western PA.....northern PA....Eastern PA....", but this was right after she asked "Pennsylvania...that's PA, right"

any other experiences?

Same thing. I'm in Riverside, NJ, right across the river. Full bar 3G signal and testmyiphone gives me .09Mbps, whereas full bar Edge signal gives me .24Mbps.

Never ran any tests, but I know when I left the Apple store on Friday web pages on 3G loaded noticeable faster than they do now.

 

[jalessi]

Faster this morning

After work yesterday I stopped into an AT&T store and every one of their 3G phones (including non-iphones) were slow as hell. It was obviously a problem with their network, although the rep in the store said that he could find no reports of problems.

This morning around 7am I am getting 1.6MBPS! WTF.

 

[cosplayerkyo]

DC Suburbs as well.

3G runs slow as dirt most of the day. And while on Monday, I had strong 3G signal all around the office, now, it's struggling to hold a 3G signal around most

 

[BackFocus]

at least my area is finally speeding up. logged 1.11MBps this AM

 

[Sean7512]

Yeah, 3G here in Pittsburgh is a dud. At least where my school is (Latrobe, PA)....When I was at home for the weekend (also in the Pittsburgh area), I was getting fantastic speeds....I won't be there until this weekend, so I will be trying it out as soon as I get there.

Latrobe only gets 350, while Edge is getting 170...It is "twice as fast", but I think it is unacceptable, esp when I got 1.3 last weekend...