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Wired Magazine iPhone 3G survey suggests network performance as primary cause of angst
Gear Diary —
... strong indicator that performance of the mobile carrier’s network is affecting the iPhone 3G more than the handset itself. This also furthers our thesis that it’s highly unlikely that Apple is going to wave a magical wand and say, “3G problems, be gone,” with a software update. Before Apple can make such a claim, it needs to wait for all of its carriers to optimize 3G network behavior — in terms of number of towers, how they’re positioned and how much bandwidth each tower can handle. Wired.com’s iPhone 3G survey reveals network weakness
Wired Survey: iPhone 3G Issues Might Be the Network After all [IPhone 3G]
Gizmodo —
The results from Wired's worldwide—and yes, unscientific—survey of iPhone 3G download speeds are in (though the map seems to be down): It's the network. Well, at least, the iPhone's 3G issues aren't simply a hardware problem, as a bunch of mad scientist Swedes vetted this morning. Germany and the Netherlands, which have a solid, mature 3G infrastructure, report the fastest 3G speeds—2Mbps on average. In the US the picture is not so pretty, confirming the steady flood of irate yupsters yapping over the last few weeks. In ...
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Boing Boing Gadgets —
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iPhone 3G Slowness Traced to Network - Not Hardware
Today @ PC World —
... may have more to do with the network and less with the phone itself, according to two different studies. The results of Wired's 3G data speed survey indicate that network speed varies depending on where you are. For example, Australia has the worst overall 3G performance, while Germany and The Netherlands are on the other end of the spectrum. Wired also found that, "In some major metropolitan areas that are supposedly 3G-rich, 3G performance can be very slow. For example, zooming in on San Francisco, you'll see that 10 out of 30 participants reported very slow 3G speeds -- ...
Study points to network weakness as source of iPhone 3G woes
AppleInsider —
... Published: 04:00 PM EST The results of an informal study of iPhone 3G users worldwide are in, and they suggest that problems with 3G networks -- not the iPhone's hardware -- are the source of a growing number of complaints about poor reception and download speeds. Commissioned by Wired nearly two weeks ago, the study sought the voluntary participation of iPhone 3G users around the world to test their iPhone's network connection at ...
Infra-estrutura pode ser responsável pela má qualidade da recepção do iPhone 3G
MacMagazine —
... onde usuários de todo o mundo poderiam cadastrar os resultados dos seus testes realizados. O resultado dessa pesquisa acaba de ser publicado e, aparentemente, o problema não é mesmo com o iPhone. ...
Encuesta mundial de cobertura y velocidad para el iPhone 3G
Celularis —
Wired.com está realizando una encuesta mundial a usuarios de iPhone 3G recopilando la mayor cantidad posible de datos de prestaciones de las redes 3G de todo el mundo, con el único fin de evaluar si los problemas reportados en algunos equipos son por el mismo equipo o por la red 3G que los soporta.
Aparentemente los primeros resultados de más de 2.600 personas que participaron, indican que los problemas reportados tienen más que ver con las redes 3G de los operadores que con los equipos de Apple. Algunos dicen que es un accionar de ...
Wired’s iPhone 3G data speed survey shows wireless networks as weak point
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... The latest data from Wired’s global iPhone 3G data speed survey allows for some interesting interpretation. The data shows that the iPhone 3G sees the highest wireless data speeds in countries with fully-mature 3G infrastructure capable of serving up 3G data at faster-than-US speeds. On the downside, the data also shows that the US wireless infrastructure is likely to blame for our iPhone 3G’s data sluggishness. ...
3G speed survey shows AT&T 3rd weakest network
Phones Review —
... of the Apple iPhone 3G,s problems
As it stands, according to the survey T-Mobile Europe serves up the fastest 3G; Canadian Rogers and Fido come in second fastest 3G; while US AT&T along with Telstra, Telia, and Softbank coming in third; and Australia Optus and Virgin coming in the slowest.
On a final note: in the supposedly 3G-rich area of San Francisco 10 out of 30 participants in the survey reported very low 3G speed barely surpassing EDGE.
Source – Wired via Intomobile
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