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iPhone 4 Users on AT&T Experiencing Widespread Drops in Upload Speed
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So Much For This!!!
AT&T today announced the completion of a project to enhance performance of its much-maligned 3G network in Manhattan and other areas of New York City.
As a result of this upgrade, customers in these areas are expected to experience improved 3G wireless voice and data connectivity and performance, especially during peak hours.
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AT&T today announced the completion of a project to enhance performance of its much-maligned 3G network in Manhattan and other areas of New York City.
As a result of this upgrade, customers in these areas are expected to experience improved 3G wireless voice and data connectivity and performance, especially during peak hours.
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Your purchase is your vote
I've been having 3G issues since the 27th of June. Called AT&T 3 times, first time I was told there was a tower that was down in my area and that it would be fixed in 2 hours. 2nd time (the next day) they tried "reregistering" my phone to my local 3G tower. 3rd time (the next day) they told me that the tower was still down and has been since the 27th and that this was happening all over the country. I asked them to please credit me on my data plan as I didn't feel like they were providing the product that I pay for every month. The nice lady agreed and told me that she would credit my data plan every month until this issue was resolved. So now I'm 60 bucks richer (my wife has an iPhone as well) and am doomed to the Edge Network.
I suggest everyone who is frustrated do the same. Call AT&T and demand that they credit you for your data plan. They are not holding up their side of the purchase agreement. They are essentially stealing from their customers by taking money from you for a product that you are not receiving. I don't really care if they can't keep up or if they are trying their hardest to keep up by upgrading their network. Apparently their best isn't good enough to keep up with public demand. That is a clear sign that they need to relinquish control of the iPhone and allow customers to go to other networks. Even if the other networks can't keep up with the 100% of the demand either, it'll spread the bandwidth out so that it's more easily manageable for everyone.
I've been having 3G issues since the 27th of June. Called AT&T 3 times, first time I was told there was a tower that was down in my area and that it would be fixed in 2 hours. 2nd time (the next day) they tried "reregistering" my phone to my local 3G tower. 3rd time (the next day) they told me that the tower was still down and has been since the 27th and that this was happening all over the country. I asked them to please credit me on my data plan as I didn't feel like they were providing the product that I pay for every month. The nice lady agreed and told me that she would credit my data plan every month until this issue was resolved. So now I'm 60 bucks richer (my wife has an iPhone as well) and am doomed to the Edge Network.
I suggest everyone who is frustrated do the same. Call AT&T and demand that they credit you for your data plan. They are not holding up their side of the purchase agreement. They are essentially stealing from their customers by taking money from you for a product that you are not receiving. I don't really care if they can't keep up or if they are trying their hardest to keep up by upgrading their network. Apparently their best isn't good enough to keep up with public demand. That is a clear sign that they need to relinquish control of the iPhone and allow customers to go to other networks. Even if the other networks can't keep up with the 100% of the demand either, it'll spread the bandwidth out so that it's more easily manageable for everyone.
Ive called about not receiving a signal at my house a few times a year since i got the first iphone and almost every time they mention a tower has been down and it should b fixed the next day. they tell me to turn my fone off over night and the next day i shud notice better reception.. have yet to notice any reception increase on one fone but i do believe i am getting better reception with the iphone 4 then the 3g. im gonna call them today as well.
apx 1300kbps down, 90kbps up in NYC. Running several tests those are about my best.
On Friday I was getting 1500kbps up consistently.
Definitely a radical throttle. I wish we could demand rebates for inability to provide comparable data rates. We're paying for data plans which can't be used in large part.
On Friday I was getting 1500kbps up consistently.
Definitely a radical throttle. I wish we could demand rebates for inability to provide comparable data rates. We're paying for data plans which can't be used in large part.
Slow Speeds in the Big Apple
This is pathetic. Using SpeedTest in midtown Manhattan I get 1023 kbps download and 59 kbps upload on my iPad with AT&T. Switching over to my wifi connection I get 7,944 kbps download and 10,720 kbps upload.
59 kbps - I haven't seen speeds like that since I got rid of my Hayes Smartmodem back in the 1980's!
This is pathetic. Using SpeedTest in midtown Manhattan I get 1023 kbps download and 59 kbps upload on my iPad with AT&T. Switching over to my wifi connection I get 7,944 kbps download and 10,720 kbps upload.
59 kbps - I haven't seen speeds like that since I got rid of my Hayes Smartmodem back in the 1980's!
im on the fone waiting to do this right now.
EDIT: the att rep that i spoke with said she issued a $25 credit that will go towards my monthly bill for this month because of the data problems. she also mentioned that again they have towers down around the scottsdale/phoenix area and they r working on it.. she said 25 different towers are down. what a joke.
I don't want to alarm anybody, but if you turn up the brightness on your phone and turn it at an angle and look at it, you can see a lot of the pixels are darker than other. Well not pixels, but blotches on the phone. I checked my friend's and it's the same way. I'm pretty sure this is an epidemic of cosmic proportions and I'm starting a class action suit and also twitting about it and Apple is stupid.
If it weren't for Gizmodo, what else would this place do?
It's own reporting?
Get over it, butt-hurt Apple boy.
You're right. It isn't like a company like ATT never had a system failure before.
I'm in Phoenix, live just south of Camelback (1.6mb down and 64kb up) and work in Tempe (190kb down and 46kb up). Speeds are consistently bad in both locations. Ping ranges from 400-2000ms.
Apple did a capture on my first iPhone 4 due to the proximity sensor issue and I can confirm with 2 iPhone 4s the issue exists.
The upload speed issue has been going on since I received my first phone on June 24th. Didn't check my 3GS previously to see if it was affected.
Apple did a capture on my first iPhone 4 due to the proximity sensor issue and I can confirm with 2 iPhone 4s the issue exists.
The upload speed issue has been going on since I received my first phone on June 24th. Didn't check my 3GS previously to see if it was affected.