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iPhone 4 Users on AT&T Experiencing Widespread Drops in Upload Speed
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Seattle we have a problem...
Same here, north of Seattle.
I WAS getting 4500 down and 1600 up.
Now 1300 down and 90 up!!
Same here, north of Seattle.
I WAS getting 4500 down and 1600 up.
Now 1300 down and 90 up!!
Do a deal with the Evil Empire, and...
"This deal just keeps getting worse and worse all the time."
- Lando Calrissian, "The Empire Strikes Back"
"This deal just keeps getting worse and worse all the time."
- Lando Calrissian, "The Empire Strikes Back"
Problem Confirmed In Las Vegas
I'm in Las Vegas through tomorrow night. Ran two tests just now:
Download 2200 / Upload 98
Download 2237 / Upload 97
I'm not doing much in the way of uploads while I'm here, but what a load of crap.
I'm in Las Vegas through tomorrow night. Ran two tests just now:
Download 2200 / Upload 98
Download 2237 / Upload 97
I'm not doing much in the way of uploads while I'm here, but what a load of crap.
Press the lock & home buttons simultaneously. Screenshots saved in camera roll.
Those speeds are amazing, btw.
Well I personally will do my part to rectify the situation, as soon as VERIZION
gets the i Phone! With 2 iPhones and a $184.96 monthly bill for CRAP service,
THIS boyo is jumpin ship
I am anxiously looking forward to this as well, but for the opposite reason. Once Verizon gets the iPhone many ATT peeps will jump ship and slam the Verizon network. Then my ATT network will be faster.
Verizon better be glad they haven't had the iPhone for the last 3 years...their network will be as overloaded as ATT's is now.I am anxiously looking forward to this as well, but for the opposite reason. Once Verizon gets the iPhone many ATT peeps will jump ship and slam the Verizon network. Then my ATT network will be faster.
Verizon already pushes through more data than AT&T does, so that excuse is not valid.
There's a false idea that AT&T is the nation's busiest network when it comes to data. In fact, Sprint and Verizon users use more data than AT&T, which is in third place when it comes to data consumption.
Feel so sorry for all you US iPhone users.
I've had 3G, 3GS and 4 here in Denmark. Never experienced a dropped call and never been below 2 bars. Speedtest reports 6mbit down, 1mbit up.
Also, lack of MMS and tethering seems like a joke - have been having this for several years (and on the iPhone since Apple activated it last year). Really hope Apple will come up with a better career for you).
By the way.. Is Facetime such a big deal in the US? We've been having it in Europe for years, yet no one is using it.
Anyways. Glad my iPhone 4 works just fine. Haven't been able to reproduce the death grip fallout. Not even loosing a bar when holding it that way.
I've had 3G, 3GS and 4 here in Denmark. Never experienced a dropped call and never been below 2 bars. Speedtest reports 6mbit down, 1mbit up.
Also, lack of MMS and tethering seems like a joke - have been having this for several years (and on the iPhone since Apple activated it last year). Really hope Apple will come up with a better career for you).
By the way.. Is Facetime such a big deal in the US? We've been having it in Europe for years, yet no one is using it.
Anyways. Glad my iPhone 4 works just fine. Haven't been able to reproduce the death grip fallout. Not even loosing a bar when holding it that way.
Ignorance is bliss
oh great, its not enough I have to contort my left hand in some death grip to chase that bug, or keep looking at my phone next to my ear to chase that bug, now I got to keep checking my speed to figure out if I like my phone or not?
Ignorance is bliss indeed.
oh great, its not enough I have to contort my left hand in some death grip to chase that bug, or keep looking at my phone next to my ear to chase that bug, now I got to keep checking my speed to figure out if I like my phone or not?
Ignorance is bliss indeed.
For those who don't know the answer...
Because network issues tend to be:
a) geographically consistent
b) temporally consistent
c) consistent in the results you get when something in the infrastructure is borked.
What we probably have is a normal network configuration update that didn't go to plan in some markets, or didn't go to plan at all and was spotted and stopped before it would have rolled out to certain markets.
Here are the facts:
Verizon will eventually get the iPhone.
When it does many people will jump ship to Verizon.
There will be less people on AT&T's Network.
Fewer people on the Network will result in faster speeds.
Terrible Speeds
My download speed has been dramatically different than what it was last week. My uploads are around the same speed, but seem to have been slightly affected.
Location: Mobile, Alabama
I called AT&T - they say there are no network issues in my area (25 mile radius) but that there may be a lot of users on the network causing the slow down. He said he could de-register my device on the tower, have me reboot my phone, and maybe it would get better...
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jafingi - your service apparently is awesome, maybe I should move!
I think facetime will be huge here in the US; I know it will be for my family. I fly out all the time for work and would love to be able to see my wife and child while gone for a week or two at a time.
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LEFT Image - Current speed results.
RIGHT Image - Last weeks speed results.
My download speed has been dramatically different than what it was last week. My uploads are around the same speed, but seem to have been slightly affected.
Location: Mobile, Alabama
I called AT&T - they say there are no network issues in my area (25 mile radius) but that there may be a lot of users on the network causing the slow down. He said he could de-register my device on the tower, have me reboot my phone, and maybe it would get better...
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jafingi - your service apparently is awesome, maybe I should move!
I think facetime will be huge here in the US; I know it will be for my family. I fly out all the time for work and would love to be able to see my wife and child while gone for a week or two at a time.
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LEFT Image - Current speed results.
RIGHT Image - Last weeks speed results.
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Bro, you're clearly on wifi. Your ping is under 100ms, that upload is not yet upgraded in any US market at this point.
Anyone can fake the speedtest. All you have to do is test it on WiFi, then turn of your router.
Nice try.
On a sidenote, that test is kind of sad for a WiFi.
