3G

[Reyes2007]

I love 3G.

[greenblood]

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voice quality, signal, internet experience are better than EDGE

[Davesworld]

Originally Posted by greenblood

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voice quality, signal, internet experience are better than EDGE

Hmmm, this is what HSDPA is supposed to work like and even then it could be better.



This is from my AT&T HSDPA link. I'm still stuck at 1.8mbs towers even though my modified usbserial driver and card are capable of much more. There are lots of sloppy Windows drivers out there as if the writers don't understand that usb defaults to a 64 byte endpoint buffer size whereas a good 3G connection needs 4096 bytes as a minimum. The congestion on the usb link is something that you will NOT see in logs, just miserable throughput and awful latency is all the user would see. Nearly all 3G cards use usbserial as the method to connect with and a tethered phone shouldn't be any different and there is no reason a tethered phone such as yours shouldn't be as fast as a data card. When I was still using UMTS back in 04 and 05, I got a steady 360kbs download with no end in sight. We got upgraded to HSDPA in Fall of 2005. BTW, HSDPA is simply UMTS with more slots just as EDGE is GPRS with more slots even though EDGE is capable of the same 384kbs that UMTS is, only one device, the Falcom Samba 75 is capable of realizing it but I do not know if the carriers upgraded the number of slots to realize it anyway.

[Stevie Marvin]

Talk and browse. At the same time.

iPhone already gives you mobile multitasking. But 3G technology lets you multitask in more places — without connecting via Wi-Fi. Since 3G networks enable simultaneous data and voice, you can talk on the phone while surfing the web, checking email, or using Maps. All from your 3G cellular network.