AT&T to Fix iPhone 4 Upload Speed Issues Over Next 2-3 Weeks

[theOtherGeoff]

in Minneapolis.

In Minneapolis, this will help, although it still sounds like they are 'short' several towers in the Minneapolis/Minnesota region due to HW delays. This 'downgrade' just made the existing systems less capable. I was told that by September, they'll have all the towers that are in 'maintenance mode' back online.

I got a email from a 'Marks the Spot' service report stating 60-90 days for MSP upgrades, and my local sales manager said, it's probably 30-60 days in reality.

With my upload speed pegging out at a zippy 0 and 25K (and Down 25 and 250K, respectively) from two sides of my building that is 4 blocks from I94/35W and the Convention Center, my bellybutton is puckering and unpuckering in anticipation of _any_ improvements.

My GF has TMobile and has pretty good/great coverage here. If they replicate that with LTE and deliver an iPhone4/5(LTE ready?), I'd be hard pressed not to argue for a 'severance' package from ATT stating that their coverage area maps are realistic to their 'service delivery' maps.

 

[Mike84]

Damn it, here in DC I am still getting 0.08 mbps of upload speeds.

 

[Xian Zhu Xuande]

Currently in Concord, CA (East Bay)

iPhone 4
Download: 339 kbps
Upload: 516 kbps

I don't have a marvelous signal at the moment so that may play into the numbers, but those numbers are quite sad. Looks like things may be borked up at the moment here. Looking forward to these fixes.

 

[cocky jeremy]

Who is the no. 1 US mobile operator? I thought ATT had the most customers

They did.. until Verizon bought Alltell.

 

[AppleZilla]

Never had the problem here in Atlanta. Just tested it again:

2448 down, 1260 up at this moment.

 

[pixelbot]

The 3GS is capable of HSDPA, not HSUPA. It has the faster DOWNload speed, but the same UPload speed.

Then why did my iPhone 3GS lose upload speed the day iPhone 4 went online - 4/11/2010 upload speed was 355 and 6/26/2010 it was 95 using the app from speedtest.net

in Portland

 

[goobot]

If this was an apple problem and they said something like this it would be rated positive.

 

[zizo79]

Man...another 3 weeks lol

 

[NoExpectations]

Who is the no. 1 US mobile operator? I thought ATT had the most customers

According to their latest earnings reports (2Q10),

AT&T had 90.1 Million devices
Verizon had 92.1 Million devices

 

[grmatt]

Who is the no. 1 US mobile operator? I thought ATT had the most customers

Verizon

 

[jeffereyj]

my iPhone4 upload 3G speed is still slower than Edge in Los Angeles.

it's been this way since i bought it on launch day.

tried all the usual "fixes" - sim card reseat, reset network settings - with no change.

 

[fr33 loader]

If this was an apple problem and they said something like this it would be rated positive.

That is so true... If that makes them sleep better at night, why not?

 

[verniesgarden]

I'm wondering - on MR there is a special iPhone blog. Why not post all the IPhone news pieces there?

well do to lack of actual mac news and rumors, the front page would be boring and stagnate for months at a time.

 

[duaneu]

Looks like it's fixed in Seattle:

Last week-
Down 2.03 Mbps
Up 0.10 Mbps

Today-
Down 5.61 Mbps
Up 1.61 Mbps

 

[aughsum]

3425kbps/1250kbps - Fenton MI

 

[JPark]

Still pretty crappy in Phoenix (.08Mbps).
I'm curious how this is affecting the end user experience. Sending emails is obviously an upload, but what other often used functions are affected by a poor upload speed?

 

[aughsum]

Still pretty crappy in Phoenix (.08Mbps).
I'm curious how this is affecting the end user experience. Sending emails is obviously an upload, but what other often used functions are affected by a poor upload speed?

Everything.. Web browsing.. any Apps that require a data connection.. etc.

 

[cvaldes]

I'm wondering - on MR there is a special iPhone blog. Why not post all the IPhone news pieces there?

Pageviews.

MacRumors gets more pageviews if they post this stuff on the front page.

 

[SeniorGato1]

Upload cap to certain phone models?

I was vacationing with friends in Indianapolis over the weekend and we ran the speedtest app from the following devices with the following upload speeds

iPad 3G - 100k-200k avg
iPhone 3GS - 50k-100k avg
Google Nexus One - 1.2-1.4 MBPS!!

These were consistent throughout the weekend!

I own the Nexus and ipad and even the download speed was consistently higher on the N1 than on the Apple devices!!

By the way, I'm using an iPhone 4 micro sim in my N1 which leads me to believe there must be some sort of data cap on Apple IMEI devices.

I wonder how other ATT 3G smartphones are performing?

 

[bjgpp]

Pretty bad here in Lubbock, TX

 

[Minimoose 360]

My upload speeds are still 1000kbps+ problem?

 

[co.ag.2005]

I was vacationing with friends in Indianapolis over the weekend and we ran the speedtest app from the following devices with the following upload speeds

iPad 3G - 100k-200k avg
iPhone 3GS - 50k-100k avg
Google Nexus One - 1.2-1.4 MBPS!!

These were consistent throughout the weekend!

I own the Nexus and ipad and even the download speed was consistently higher on the N1 than on the Apple devices!!

By the way, I'm using an iPhone 4 micro sim in my N1 which leads me to believe there must be some sort of data cap on Apple IMEI devices.

I wonder how other ATT 3G smartphones are performing?

interesting.. I used to consistently get 1600-1800 kbps up on my Nexus One in the Denver area, however, lately (almost seems to correspond with the release of the iPhone 4) my upload speeds have been dismal. just did a speed test from my office in downtown Denver:
1391 kpbs down
145 kbps up

any other users in Denver experience this drop in upload speeds?

(note: I'm using my original sim card that came with my iPhone 3G)

 

[designgeek]

Pretty bad here in Lubbock, TX

OMG I've never seen numbers so low!

 

[prominence]

The 3GS is capable of HSDPA, not HSUPA. It has the faster DOWNload speed, but the same UPload speed.

I have the iPhone 4 and my download/upload times are the same as his 3GS .. Columbus, OH consistently 100-300 kbps download, 5-30 kbps upload. Horrific.

 

[NikeTalk]

Still horrible here in DC