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iPhone 4 Users on AT&T Experiencing Widespread Drops in Upload Speed
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I know people here love more than anything to solely blame ATT. But remember, Apple chose to lock this phone into a well known sh**ty carrier. You are locked to this carrier because of Apple. Not sure how else it needs to be broken down for people to understand they also have Apple to thank for this.
Dc....
I was in DC early last week with my iphone3G and I noticed significant slower data speeds compared to those in VA that same day... I got my iphone4 on Friday and will be in the city on Wednesday... I will run some tests and report my findings... BTW, the iphone4 is "the bees knees"....
I was in DC early last week with my iphone3G and I noticed significant slower data speeds compared to those in VA that same day... I got my iphone4 on Friday and will be in the city on Wednesday... I will run some tests and report my findings... BTW, the iphone4 is "the bees knees"....
In a rapidly-growing thread started in our forums over the weekend, iPhone 4 users from a number of locations around the United States have been reporting significant drops in data upload speeds on AT&T's 3G network. As noted by Gizmodo, many of these users are seeing upload speeds maxing out at only 100 kbps, far below the 1500 kbps these same users were seeing before the weekend on their HSUPA-compatible devices.
Users in several dozen metro areas scattered across the country, including Boston, New York City, Washington DC, Houston, Phoenix, Las Vegas, and Seattle among others, have reported the issue. The issue does not appear to be nationwide, however, as users in a number of locations including Atlanta, Richmond, and Raleigh, as well as some customers even in markets where other users are affected, are not experiencing slow upload speeds.
A couple of posters in our forums have reported speaking with AT&T service representatives who have indicated that the company is in fact experiencing data issues in much of the country. While it is disconcerting that the issue has been affecting users for several days now, it seems likely that the holiday weekend in the United States may have slowed the company's response.
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Well DUH...
What did you expect? Biggest ever iPhone launch in the US. Bandwidth is going to suffer, period. The more reason for Apple to get off their asses and allow other providers to jump on the iPhone Bandwagon.
The story isn't that bandwidth was going to suffer, I think most reasonable people figured there would be a hit there.
The story here is that AT&T has capped upload speeds in many markets.
They were good (~1mbps) and now they're not (~100kbps).
Nothing wrong here
I live/work in the Metro West area of Boston (Framingham and Natick). On the way back from lunch I gave speedtest a shot. Got 2mpbs down and 1.25 mbps up. Looks good to me. Can't speak to Boston proper though.
I live/work in the Metro West area of Boston (Framingham and Natick). On the way back from lunch I gave speedtest a shot. Got 2mpbs down and 1.25 mbps up. Looks good to me. Can't speak to Boston proper though.
That's a load of shi_t. AT&T never was able to support the iPhone 1/2/3/4 on their network because they are always so slow to upgrade their network to be able to withstand the iPhone's bandwidth usage.
The iPhone belongs on a network that can handle a massive amount of bandwidth. AT&T needs to take the money they have raped from us iPhone owners and actually put it back in their network and NOT in their pockets.
Challenge for you: why are the upload rates that are posted:
a) geographically consistent
b) temporally consistent
c) clustered around 100kbps in the geographic areas noted?
I hate doing this, but I work in the cell industry. No, I have nothing to do with AT&T but I research and *solve* issues just like the one here on a regular basis. Been doing it for a long time now too.
Have a nice day.
Good call! I turned off WiFi, but got the same upload speed. Now it's:
921 kbps down, 1168 kbps up
But the won't admit it, yet admit there is a problem.
I just walked into the downtown MPLS AT&T store, and fired up speed test and asked if this is what 3G is meant to be. The salestards (RT: @fakesteve) basically said... "Oh, it's an iPhone 4 problem... hold it different", "Call Apple Care", "Go to the Genius Bar", "Soft Reboot your Phone."
I stood my ground and asked if someone could show me the capacity map of downtown minneapolis. They stated that was confidential. They then stated there is a plan to increase bandwidth and capacity. I asked for due dates.... they said there were none, and I said, then, there is no plan.
I got escalated to a manager who was angry with me taking up his time fielding a technical issue... I asked him who I could get a face to face with within AT&T about this technical issue, and he said, 'no one.' He then spouted the same "we're putting a towers and cable backhaul everywhere... so I asked, and 'when will this be done in Mpls?' 'There is no date.' 'If no date, then when will capacity meet demand?' 'No idea.' 'so if there is no date for hard deliveries, and no date for meeting anticipated capacity, exactly _what_ is the plan?' (Angry bit lip look.)
AT&T can't manage itself out of this bandwidth crisis. They can't communicate a cogent plan (with cities, goals, deliverables and dates) to address this issue. There salesforce is overwhelmed and underqualified.
We need Verizon's LTE... Up the game and up the ante. I may not switch, but we need AT&T to realize they are not the only game in town, and when the iPhone goes, so goes a massive amount of their profits.
There is are only 3 things to networking... endpoint availability (coverage/towers), end to end capacity (pipes), and reliability. They are failing on at least 2 of those 3.
AT&T is thinking they are a mobile communications company... They don't realize that they are basically a 'final mile ISP' and if they can't deliver the above 3, someone else will, and no amount of 2 year lock in will save them 2.1 years after someone passes them on the information super highway.
I haven't read the entire thread, but i've had slow upload speeds since the 4th in Minneapolis.
It's been as slow as .06 mbps.
To be honest, I wouldn't have noticed had i not downloaded the speedtest app, and have been obsessing about it.
The funny thing is, my fastest upload speed in the past week, was 1.03 mbps.
And this was when i was testing the death grip(download was .065 mbps when normally had been <1.5 mbps).
It's been as slow as .06 mbps.
To be honest, I wouldn't have noticed had i not downloaded the speedtest app, and have been obsessing about it.
The funny thing is, my fastest upload speed in the past week, was 1.03 mbps.
And this was when i was testing the death grip(download was .065 mbps when normally had been <1.5 mbps).