Philadelphia 3G service

[reckless2k2]

I haven't experienced the call drop issues because I actually don't use the phone feature that much but I do us the data quite a bit.

I've been running on EDGE forever on my new 3G because 3G is terrible. I live north of Philly near Langhorne. I was in Philly for the game on Saturday and had full bars for 3G but nothing would load. I reset network settings and rebooted the phone on more than one occasion with no luck. I flipped to EDGE and it worked fine. I have the same issue at home. In the Oxford Valley Mall area I get full 3G bars but so much lag nothing loads. I flip to EDGE and it works fine. In my house though a few miles away, I might have 1 bar on 3G and pages load FAST!!!

I'm starting to think the problem is AT&T and not Apple. If I'm fine in some areas and can't do anything in densely populated 3G areas, the problem is AT&T. So much for that law suit. Try suing AT&T for charging more for a network you can't even get on.

 

[Switz213]

I was at the game yesterday and the 3G was full. It does seem to not load as quickly as I would expect sometimes, but other times it does.

Go Phils.

 

[wrestlepsu99]

I'm in Lancaster and 3G is relatively new. But, Lancaster isn't Philly, but from what I understand, the specific problem is hard to isolate, because it varies from phone to phone. Which makes me wonder....is all the iPhone 3G hardware the same?

 

[FaustArp]

I get full service and 3g at my apartment in center city. But when I am in Germantown my service sucks and I get edge.

 

[reckless2k2]

Yeah it was pretty embarrassing trying to show it off to friends in a full bars 3G area but the page loading was super slow. Slower than EDGE and I can confirm it because switching to EDGE it loaded faster than 3G. Yeah I certainly don't think that's supposed to be the case.

It sounds to me like AT&T just can't handle the load on their network in key areas. If you were moving slow and I wasn't getting it a page at all on 3G, who was getting through? Haha. Again, once I flipped to EDGE I was fine. If I wasn't going to get 3G speeds, I would've kept my 2G iPhone.

 

[iViet]

i thought it was only me. i also get full 3g bars and sometimes, when surfing the web, the page won't load up and i'll get a server error message. turn it back to edge and it works fine. it's weird how sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't!

 

[AnalyzeThis]

Try to change the SIM card

Stop by Apple or ATT store and ask to replace your SIM card.
It helped me to get 3G internet working.

 

[reckless2k2]

I wish it were that simple. I have been through 2 iPhones and about 5 SIM cards. Apparently, I'm not the only one.

 

[scaredpoet]

It's not the phones. The tests that have come out this week seem to pretty resoundingly lean in that direction. It IS the network.

Unfortunately, huge conventions/sporting events/places where a huge crowd is are probably the worst places to show off these things, because there's guaranteed congestion because EVERYONE is trying to make calls and check their e-mail and surf the web.

 

[thirdeyeopen666]

I wish it were that simple. I have been through 2 iPhones and about 5 SIM cards. Apparently, I'm not the only one.

I'm in Conshohocken and my service is spotty at best (non-existant in my home)... in Norristown, and a few other nearby areas, I get full bars, but no data will load. My sister lives in the Fishtown section of Philly and in her neighborhood, I get full bars and fantastic transfer rates consistently. Funny enough, when I was in the Apple Store in Suburban Square (Ardmore) I had the full bars/no data issue.