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Slow edge Speed

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kami-sn

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Feb 4, 2009
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Has anyone had a network speed issue? I recently had lots of network speed problem I have heard with edge you should have speed between 120-250K but I just did several tests with speedtest.net app. and it is ridiculously slow even slower than dial up maybe at&t need to use it for their advertisement “even slower than dialup” !!!!

I have 1st generation iphone.


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While not fantastic, my speeds came in at 101 kbps download and 37 kbps upload. Could be your area, or current network load, I suppose.

Too bad 3G hasn't made it to my area yet. .
 
You might be right on the edge of the coverage area between two cell towers. Do you get normal speeds anywhere else?
 
The last few weeks has seen Edge not just slow but crawling AT BEST

I don't even try using it if 3G isn't working.

I spent 5 minutes trying to go to Google.com on Edge last week
 
OrleansMac said:
The last few weeks has seen Edge not just slow but crawling AT BEST

I don't even try using it if 3G isn't working.

I spent 5 minutes trying to go to Google.com on Edge last week
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More bars, in more places.
 
eldy said:
You might be right on the edge of the coverage area between two cell towers. Do you get normal speeds anywhere else?
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Actualy those results is at my work at home I get 130k-30k if this is normal then something is wrong in my work area towers, I called att for this and they said everything looks fine in their end!!!!!
 
45/10 is kinda poor for EDGE, but not all that bad. You won't get anywhere near 235kbit in the real world anyways.
 
I don't really care what happened to EDGE... they definitely changed something though because my iPhone hardly EVER switches to EDGE anymore. I get 3G inside my building at work (most of the time 5 bars!) and in the warehouse where it used to drop off to EDGE, I retain 2-3 bars of 3G. Whatever they did, it seems that they're making EDGE worse, but at the same time, they're making 3G BETTER! I'd rather have better 3G than good EDGE.
 
kami-sn said:
Actualy those results is at my work at home I get 130k-30k if this is normal then something is wrong in my work area towers, I called att for this and they said everything looks fine in their end!!!!!
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It could be the building interfering with the signal. Maybe try outside or a quarter mile away from your office...

EDGE actually sucks at my house and is seemingly fine everywhere else (as long the iPhone is stationary).
 
I tested again last night at home (had originally tested at work) and my speeds were horrendous - anywhere between 17 kbps and 45 kbps. Back up to 90 now, though. Come on AT&T, get that 3G coverage out here soon if you want me to buy a new phone!
 
SFStateStudent said:
I tried speed test with EDGE and the test wouldn't even finish! :eek:

WiFi speed test is attached:
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as I mentioned mine is 1st gen iPhone so 3g dose not help, but sometimes back in engadget.com I red that att is dropping the quality of edge to increase the quality of 3g, and I think this is exactly what they are doing so we go and sign for another 2 years of contract and pay more for 3g and less than 2 years again they screw the 3g for some other technology.!!!!
 
Sorry to hijack the thread, I just noticed this just a second ago after I did the firmware update.. I typed in speedtest.net and i went right from safari to the app store with the app speedtest there.. Is anyone else seeing this.. Is this new? It never happened to me before...

Someone try and typing in the address bar speedtest.net and see if it takes you to the app store also..


James
 
JForestZ34 said:
Sorry to hijack the thread, I just noticed this just a second ago after I did the firmware update.. I typed in speedtest.net and i went right from safari to the app store with the app speedtest there.. Is anyone else seeing this.. Is this new? It never happened to me before...

Someone try and typing in the address bar speedtest.net and see if it takes you to the app store also..


James
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Yes, it does do that.
 
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