Yesterday 3G Sucks, Today Perfect

[mikethebigo]

Where in NoVA? I'm usually in Herndon/Reston while at work and my 3G was incredibly slow to the point that it would refuse to load anything. I had to switch to Edge which is embarrassing.

I had issues both in Reston and Fairfax yesterday. Almost no 3G data at all especially later in the day (like 0.02 Mbps up and down). Today, 2.9 Mbps up, 1.4 Mbps down. I'm pretty sure AT&T was having problems.

 

[jlmitnick]

If it means anything to you guys I'm having the same issues on my 3gs since I upgraded to iOS 4 yesterday...so it's possible that iOS 4, iphone 4s, and AT&T are all semi at fault and it's not just one!

 

[Jack Dangers]

I think it has to do with the number of user connected to the towers. But I'm not an expert so what do I know.

It's been hideous in DC this past week but today in Downtown is pretty good.
A lot less people in the city today, I guess them leaving early for the holiday is giving me better bandwidth.

 

[randy98mtu]

I think it is most likely just tower traffic. My office is less than a mile from a big mall and it's summer vacation. Lots of leaches. I just drove to a less populated area for lunch and at one intersection I got great speeds on the way there and back. At other intersections things were less consistent. But then I get back to my office and I'm getting decent numbers again. Very inconsistent, but perhaps the kids put their phones down while they are stuffing their faces? Or maybe it's just everyone in general takes a break while they are eating.

I keep telling myself I'm just going to relax and enjoy the phone, but then I get obsessed with making sure I can get solid data anytime. And I remember times when my 3GS would flop too. So I just need to try to relax.

There is nothing wrong with the phone. There is nothing wrong with the phone. There is nothing wrong with the phone...

 

[hazeydavey]

I've had the same experience. My phone sucked on the first day I got it. My wifes was fine.

After that first weekend, it's like it woke up and decided to go to work.

My phone is much better now, not due to anything I've changed. I still use the death grip

Although, AT&T did announce that the NY rollout was complete on that Monday or Tuesday. I'm wondering if AT&T working on the rollout was making it unstable?

Have to admit...living in NYC....my phone SUCKED at my desk at work. Call fails every single time I held phone in left hand. Every...time.

Plus, 3G locked, wouldn't load, even with 5 bars.

Today? Night and Day. No dropped calls, and 3G working like it should.

Don't know if they are rolling out new software/antennas silently or what. But right now, I'm happy again.

 

[Motionblurrr]

I had issues both in Reston and Fairfax yesterday. Almost no 3G data at all especially later in the day (like 0.02 Mbps up and down). Today, 2.9 Mbps up, 1.4 Mbps down. I'm pretty sure AT&T was having problems.

Hmmm, you know what? There are THREE Apple stores within less than 20 miles of each other (Reston, Tysons, Fairoaks) and perhaps when they're all activating it bogged down the towers nearby: the ones we were on. Not to mention all the AT&T stores in the area too

 

[mikethebigo]

Hmmm, you know what? There are THREE Apple stores within less than 20 miles of each other (Reston, Tysons, Fairoaks) and perhaps when they're all activating it bogged down the towers nearby: the ones we were on. Not to mention all the AT&T stores in the area too

Don't forget Clarendon. Gotta love it!

But yeah, there may be a larger strain on the towers considering how many new iPhone owners there suddenly are. However, data was almost completely down, I think there may have actually been an issue, especially considering how much better it suddenly is today.

 

[alent1234]

Yesterday I couldn't listen to slacker at all web pages crawled and that was with full signal. Today it's working incredible. What gives?

$48 per year for slacker plus
unlimited skips, very nice station customization and offline caching. well worth it

 

[jazzyvandal]

I had a few phone calls today, none have dropped.

 

[randy98mtu]

So far so good. Every day I love my phone more and more and have fewer and fewer problems with it.

 

[Motionblurrr]

Don't forget Clarendon. Gotta love it!

But yeah, there may be a larger strain on the towers considering how many new iPhone owners there suddenly are. However, data was almost completely down, I think there may have actually been an issue, especially considering how much better it suddenly is today.

I think were pretty lucky to live around 4 Apple stores when some people don't have one within 70 miles

Yeah that too, because I wasn't able to load ANYTHING at all instead of it being slow.

 

[Savor]

3G in my area is terrible. As I type this, I have one bar. Earlier, I was holding my phone and the bars went to zero and searching. The bars fluctuate. When i put the phone down, the bars still went to about one. I'm holding it again, and the bars went up to 4-5.

Whatever. The 3G network still lags yesterday/today and I live in a well populated area with major shoppings within 1-3 miles from me, as well as next to several freeways. Right before I click the submit reply button here, my bar is back at one...

 

[L.C.W.]

Same story here in SE Michigan

too many people here vs the amount of towers... especially in Royal Oak on a Thurs, Fri or Sat night... data slows to a crawl when in RO... as soon as I get away, poof, data back up to full speed...

 

[SlavKO]

Anyone still having issues?

 

[smithrh]

As of this morning, no.

Actually just got my highest download speed evar:

4.13M down, 1.2M up, 278 ping.

I'd wait for this afternoon before declaring even partial victory though.

 

[technopimp]

Anyone still having issues?

Yes, same as yesterday. 3G fine in the morning, now after lunch, nothing.

 

[randy98mtu]

Mine is worse. Wasn't even working this morning. It's been off and on all day. The Apple store just called and my replacement (for the green blob) is in. I think I'll roll the dice.

 

[mikethebigo]

Today, upload's been the issue. Can't break 0.10 Mbps. Download is going at 2.17.

 

[iceterminal]

I live north of the Dallas area (Plano to be exact) and I've been running the speed test on and off the past week.
Since I work in downtown Dallas I've been trying to compare and see if there was a difference between the two locations, and also compare it to what I'm reading with everyone else.
Basically, my speeds on 3G are great. My upload speeds are about 7x to 10x better than that of my wifes 3GS. She only gets about 200kbps upload. Here's the most recent test I just did here at my office. Maybe I'm just lucky.

 

[wolfpackfan]

You know, I keep reading the posts about folks complaining about reception on the iPhone 4 but having a hard time getting concerned or have much sympathy. Ever since we moved from Sprint to AT&T and both wife and myself got iPhones, we've had terrible reception - first on my iPhone 2 and then on our 3G's. I literally can't send or receive phone calls in my house. If my phone rings, calls drop within 5 seconds of answering. I have to go outside to use my iPhone. Riding around town, I have all kinds of reception problems also. But we've learned where these spots are and just don't use the phone in those areas. Why do we put up with it? Simple - we love our iPhones.