Guest rizzles Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 can anyone tell me what its like browsing regular sites on the t-mobile 3g speeds?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest orangezorki Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 The vario does not have 3G - it does have EDGE, but I'm not sure if the UK network supports it. Speed wise, I find mine a bit slow but quick enought to be useful, especially if you turn off pictures - this will save you a great deal of money as well. David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix [MVP] Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Tmob supposedly do have an EDGE network, not sure how great the coverage is. It seems (on Orange at least) that its only used to cover areas that have patchy 3G, not a fantastic method! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rizzles Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Can anyone confirm that they use EDGE on T-mobile?? Thinking of changing to t-mobile but really want fast browsing speeds!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Swampie Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Can anyone confirm that they use EDGE on T-mobile?? Thinking of changing to t-mobile but really want fast browsing speeds!! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No UK mobile network has extensive EGDE coverage. AFAIK, only Orange and T-Mobile have any coverage, and this isn't general - only in a few locations. I understand they're expanding them, but my advice is to assume that you'll never get EDGE this year, and if you happen to come across a real live EGDE connection, just be pleased. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rizzles Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 is there anyway of checking where the coverage is?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest THC Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 are we talking UK or US? i have a TMobile US MDA, and the icon says "E", not "G", indicating it is using the EDGE network. i have seen speeds around 89kbps with dslreports.com mobile speed test. browsing speed is OK. i have never turned off pictures tho, that would probably make a hell of a difference. truth is, i can barely tell a speed difference when i am connected to the net via USB with the thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sporkguy Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Would be nice to know if Tmob has an Edge network - to be honest I hadn't realised they had a 3G network! shows how much I keep up lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Swampie Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 Would be nice to know if Tmob has an Edge network - to be honest I hadn't realised they had a 3G network! shows how much I keep up lol <{POST_SNAPBACK}> T-Mobile UK certainly has an EDGE network - however, I've never seen it. ;) Just assume that they don't, but will have in the future. If you're lucky enough to ever find an EGDE cell, then count yourself lucky. I understand though, it's similar with Orange too - neither network has an extensive EGDE network. In fact, it's probably better to say T-Mobile and Orange have an extensive non-EDGE network with a few patches of EDGE in places. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rockykabir Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 Is it likely they will have EDGE coverage in urban areas such as parts of London? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest orangezorki Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 Is it likely they will have EDGE coverage in urban areas such as parts of London? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Central London - never seen an Edge network! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest THC Posted March 17, 2006 Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 (edited) just a note: with the US MDA's, you have to change a registry setting to get the MDA to show an E icon (for EDGE) instead of always showing the G icon (for GPRS). - navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\RIL\ - Create a new DWord EnableDifferGprsEdgeIcon and assign it a value of 1 - Perform a soft reset from: http://htcwizard.westlands.org/2006/02/20/...our-htc-wizard/ Edited March 17, 2006 by THC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest YoungHog Posted March 20, 2006 Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 are we talking UK or US? i have a TMobile US MDA, and the icon says "E", not "G", indicating it is using the EDGE network. i have seen speeds around 89kbps with dslreports.com mobile speed test. browsing speed is OK. i have never turned off pictures tho, that would probably make a hell of a difference. truth is, i can barely tell a speed difference when i am connected to the net via USB with the thing. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thats odd.. I have a UK unit.. However my ICON here in the states has always said 'G'.. No my friend who has the CINGULAR version which is physically different in relation to looks of the MDA.. His icon says 'E' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest drew_e Posted March 21, 2006 Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 Neither Orange nor 02 provide EDGE support. TMobile has full EDGE support in Germany & is supposed to be limited trialing it in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Swampie Posted March 21, 2006 Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 Neither Orange nor 02 provide EDGE support. TMobile has full EDGE support in Germany & is supposed to be limited trialing it in England. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sorry, but you're wrong. Orange announced they had the first UK EDGE network way back on 1st Feb. http://www.orange.co.uk/business/corporate...icles/edge.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest drew_e Posted March 21, 2006 Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 Sorry, but you're wrong. Orange announced they had the first UK EDGE network way back on 1st Feb. http://www.orange.co.uk/business/corporate...icles/edge.html <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Maybe ... I last made full enquiries way back in December - things move so quickly nowadays :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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