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Strong 3G finally in my house!
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Posted by: jbzcar

We've had 3G here in Katy/Houston for a while, but for some reason, my house was in a very low signal area. You could walk next door in either direction and have full bars, but it would fluctuate from 0-2 bars in my room, so I lock all my 3G phones to 2G mode. Well tonight I kept dropping calls on 2G, so I thought I would switch to 3G to see if it would work, and I am pulling a full 4 bars on my Q9h everywhere in my house. No fluctuation at all! Way to go AT&T!

Posted by: ItalianAngel831

i wish that happen at my house

Posted by: urmobilesky

Wirelessly posted (SAMSUNG-SGH-A707/1.0 SHP/VPP/R5 NetFront/3.3 SMM-MMS/1.2.0 profile/MIDP-2.0 configuration/CLDC-1.1 UP.Link/6.3.1.17.0)

at&t has a real long way to go with their 3G network. Your case is an exception.

Posted by: bobolito

That sounds like an 850Mhz channel was turned on.

Posted by: Jayden0606

::sighs::

Maybe one day... Lol. I'm actually charging my BJ II up to verify if the 3g internal maps are correct in my job... All of bergen is pretty much blanketed.

Edit: They must have done a lot of switch flipping this week! 3g is live in Lodi!

Posted by: butthead440

1900 for 3g in nj they havent deployed 850 in ny yet eiether thats next year 1900 this year is all we will get in north nj for 3g

Posted by: Jayden0606

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Originally Posted by butthead440

1900 for 3g in nj they havent deployed 850 in ny yet eiether thats next year 1900 this year is all we will get in north nj for 3g

I can tell... In my boy's basement, no 3g, just edge.

Posted by: ilvla2

The M-K-T (Missouri-Kansas-Texas) Railway, affectionately known as the "Katy", merged with Union Pacifc in the 1980's.

UP Locomotive in Katy Heritage paint scheme, currently running systemwide-

Okay, so that's not strictly on topic, but when you said Katy I thought of that

Congrats on getting the 3G by the way! We have some here in my area, but only in Ukiah (8 miles south of me), AT&T Affiliate Edge Wireless (AT&T is buying out the 60% they don't own, deal is set to be complete by the end of May, will merge Edge into AT&T) is the GSM carrier here.

Posted by: N.Y. Johnny

Well I'm glad East Texas is coming along just fine. I can't remember when anything west of I-35 here has been turned on. Maybe AT&T forgot about this part of Texas or they're looking at a circa 1836 Texas map when planning the 3G network. This must be part of Mexico still, or better yet New Spain.

Posted by: DRC72

I'm starting to notice 3G pop up once in awhile in my house. Maybe their finally setting up 3G on the tower that serves my house.

Posted by: terryjohnson16

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Originally Posted by DRC72

I'm starting to notice 3G pop up once in awhile in my house. Maybe their finally setting up 3G on the tower that serves my house.

You still using EDGE? I thought you were using 3G.

Posted by: bobolito

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Originally Posted by butthead440

1900 for 3g in nj they havent deployed 850 in ny yet eiether thats next year 1900 this year is all we will get in north nj for 3g

They need to make sure enough people have 3G phones before turning on 850 because of bandwidth constrains. Otherwise, if they turn off GSM/EDGE channels on 850 to open room for WCDMA, then people can face busy signals due to not enough GSM channels. But if there are 3G phones, they'll automatically start using 3G and take enough load off the GSM/EDGE channels and avoid overload problems during the switchover.

It still remains to be seen how a well loaded UMTS network will perform in the real world when all kinds of 3G phones jump onto the same channel to exchange voice and data at the same time. I guess the moment of truth is coming.

I hope it's not a bumpy ride for us 2G users. I am already getting unexpected dropped calls here and there in areas with full signal.

Posted by: wifiguru

I used to get no 3G bars at my house, not even going outside.

I now get 3 bars of 3G in my house, and 4 outside!

Makes me happy.