Testing shows AT&T 3G network outperforming VZW
http://telephonyonline.com/3g4g/news/att-outperforms ... »
bojmir said:
Personally, i'd rather have 3G everywhere albeit slightly slower, over 3G only in the cities I work and visit that are much faster. I realize it costs more to upg to 3G for GSM/UMTS but its still something I desire.
And AT&T gets laughed at when pointing out EDGE (which is just a bit slower then 1xRTT)
EDGE is EVERYWHERE!
EVDO Rev A and Edge
Edge is nowhere near the speed of Rev A
If you go to their website and look at Vcast coverage, anything listed as Broadband access is Rev A. National Access is Rev0.
Now compare that to when you see an ATT commercial proclaiming the wonders of their fast 3g network, and so you go to their website and you have to zoom in pretty far be...
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AT&T EDGE is capable of over 200 kbps, whereas Verizon's 1XRTT data is capable of 153, real world speeds around 50-100.
Verizon's 2G is slower than AT&Ts.
Verizon's 3G is slower than AT&Ts.
Falling back on EDGE really isn't that bad. You still get decent speeds.
Anxiovert said:
And AT&T gets laughed at when pointing out EDGE (which is just a bit slower then 1xRTT)
EDGE is EVERYWHERE!
I wish EDGE was everywhere. Then I wouldn't get so many dropped calls, and my phone wouldn't spend so much time searching and no service.
saktrnch said:
I wish EDGE was everywhere. Then I wouldn't get so many dropped calls, and my phone wouldn't spend so much time searching and no service.
Yeah, too bad AT&T coverage isn't everywhere like Verizon--garbled, unintelligible conversations are FAR better than none at all.
Roger Entner, senior vice president for telecommunications research at Nielsen, said the iPhone’s “air interface,†the electronics in the phone that connect it to the cell towers, had shortcomings that “affect both voice and data.â€Â
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He explained that his company’s tests of AT&T’s data network were done with handsets other than the iPhone, which does not allow non-Apple programs like his to run in the background.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/business/13digi.html »