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appleinsider.com - 8/27/2008
Orange admits to capping 3G speeds in France
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A video comparing an uncapped iPhone 3G to an capped iPhone 3G on the Orange network
Wired.com's iPhone 3G Survey Reveals Network Weaknesses
blog.wired.com - 8/25/2008
Wired.com's iPhone 3G Survey Reveals Network Weaknesses
— blog.wired.com — Wired.com's survey of iPhone 3G users' suggests that widespread data speed problems have more to do with... carriers' networks than with Apple's handsets. Recently Wired.com asked iPhone 3G users all around the world to participate in a study, ... (more) Wired.com's iPhone 3G Survey Reveals Network Weaknesses

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appleinsider.com - 9/3/2008
Apple, AT&T sued for over-saturating 3G network with iPhones
— appleinsider.com — Aidan Malley Published: 08:00 AM EST A San Diego-based lawsuit filed late last week alleges that Apple... and its carrier partner AT have knowingly oversold iPhone 3G, promising fast speeds only to see a glut of customers bog down the network with ... (more) Apple, AT&T sued for over-saturating 3G network with ...

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biz.yahoo.com - 9/4/2008
comScore Reports that the U.S. Catches Up With Western Europe in Adoption of 3G Mobile Devices: ...
— biz.yahoo.com — RESTON, Va., Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR - News ), a leader in measuring... the digital world, today reported that after a slower start, the United States has caught up with Western Europe in the adoption of 3G with ... (more) comScore Reports that the U.S. Catches Up With Western ...

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Orange fesses up to limiting iPhone 3G data speeds
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... on Orange’s network were able to reach full-3G speeds on the network. In response to customer complaints that their iPhone 3Gs were struggling to reach 400Kbps, while iPhone 3G users in Germany were routinely seeing download speeds of 1.8Mbps, Orange announced that it will increase 3G data speeds to 1Mbps (1000Kbps) by September 15. A noble move on Orange’s part. Now, if we could just get AT&T to improve their 3G network in the US… [Via: AppleInsider] --- Related Articles at IntoMobile: O2 down-throttles 3G users to ...

Orange Admits To Capping iPhone 3G Speeds
textually.org — Maybe it’s not all Apple’s fault after all. French wireless carrier Orange has admitted to capping 3G network speeds at 384Kbps for iPhone customers, Apple Insider reports via ...

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