Does anyone have a problem with data sending/receiving even though their phone says 3G and has full bars? Mine is going extremely slow
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3G + full bars = slow data???
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I'm experiencing same issue in Cincinnati. Usually, I have great signal (of course, whenever I don't touch the seam on the lower left of my iPhone 4); but since last night, I noticed the data going extremely slow.
Yeah me too. I'm in NJ and its usually extremely fast no matter where I am but now its really slow (to a frustrating point) even though I have 3G and full bars.
Someone correct me if i'm wrong. But i would assume that the amount of bars you have on your phone have nothing to do with your 3g network because AT&T's 3g network doesn't cover all of its cellular network. So while u might be able to make calls, it doesn't necessarily means you have 3g.
edit: just read OPs last post. it might just be that there alot of activity right now. in either case, i believe the statement i made above is still true.
edit: just read OPs last post. it might just be that there alot of activity right now. in either case, i believe the statement i made above is still true.
I'm having this exact problem. Full bars, 3G, yet horribly slow data.
Sometimes my 3G works fine though. But then maybe a couple hours later, it turns extremely sluggish / stops working. I called AT&T customer service yesterday and they told me to do some things. It ended up speeding up, but I don't think it was much on their part.
And daitalianjob, I'm from NJ as well (central).
Sometimes my 3G works fine though. But then maybe a couple hours later, it turns extremely sluggish / stops working. I called AT&T customer service yesterday and they told me to do some things. It ended up speeding up, but I don't think it was much on their part.
And daitalianjob, I'm from NJ as well (central).
I thought I was only one. I have full bars of 3G and then it's slow data. I'm in nj as well must have been a nj thing.
I live in northern Kentucky and have the same problem as well. I'm also getting (occasionally) the "Safari could not open the page because the server stopped responding" or something along those lines. For the longest time I repeatedly got the "Could not connect to data network" or something like that. I switch over to EDGE though and it works fine. Odd.
I think the obvious problem is...
The term "3G" is no longer in the name of the phone.
So what makes us all think we should be getting good 3G service?
(sarcastic obviously)
The term "3G" is no longer in the name of the phone.
So what makes us all think we should be getting good 3G service?
(sarcastic obviously)