EDGE DATA SERVICE

[Guest craig_b]

Ive just been on the phone to Orange UK Customer services. I wanted to find out about the EDGE network & what i got to do to make it work on my phone.

She said that the EDGE network is still in trial and that you should automatically switch between GPRS & edge if your in a good signal area. OK fair enough

Then she said that my phone was not EDGE compatible? eh? I thought the C600 was edge compatible?

All i wanna do is to be able to get the little e on my display!

Can anyone verify this please?

[Guest Xenzo1990]

I was also under the impression the c600 was and still is EDGE compatible. Again, it could be likely Orange CS screwed up again. :S Dont orange inform their CS of any changes?

[Guest craig_b]

it doesnt look like it then!

[Guest StiflingCobra]

Had my G change to an E the other night on my C600 for about 6 hours. Was back to G though the next morning and hasn't changed since.

So it does pick up Edge....

[Guest jporch316]

I drive a lot for work and have a c600 - on a recent (last thurs) trip to South Brent (just past Exeter just before plymouth - i got the E instead of the G just as i was coming to the end of the M5 and it stayed all day while in South Brent.

I had a bash at IE and the pages loaded a lot quicker than standard Gprs.

So - yes the c600 is def compatible with edge and yes its is a lot quicker

And we'll probably get it in wales in 2010 :cry:

[Guest SimonRobinson]

I drive a lot for work and have a c600 - on a recent (last thurs) trip to South Brent (just past Exeter just before plymouth - i got the E instead of the G just as i was coming to the end of the M5 and it stayed all day while in South Brent.

I had a bash at IE and the pages loaded a lot quicker than standard Gprs.

So - yes the c600 is def compatible with edge and yes its is a lot quicker

And we'll probably get it in wales in 2010  :cry:

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Nip up to Ferndale. EDGE there....

[Guest jporch316]

Hey - cant believe its up the valleys ;)

I would take a trip there but its impossible to get through Porth at the mo :evil:

[Guest GrahamMW]

Edge is showing up on my C600 on the lastest rom at home in Hertfordshire, but not at work in London.

Edited March 29, 2006 by GrahamMW

[Guest ee61re]

I was in central London over the weekend, and I got the E appear on my C600, and I tried syncing Avango using it.

Worked no problem, didn't seem any faster than GPRS though.

[Guest jimbouk]

Orange are basically filling in EDGE where their 3g network is weak/non-existent first. This was they can shout about their national hi-speed data coverage. Hence the edge coverage in some weird and wonderful places.

[Guest cerij]

Nip up to Ferndale. EDGE there....

EDGE in Ferndale - I don't believe it - they don't even have Freeview...

[Guest SpDamage]

Guys! EDGE is basically GPRS enhanced data transfer rate.

Speaking about technology & equipment:

1. EDGE has almost nothing in common with 3G. EDGE is a local (i mean BTS) enhancement, which provides better and higher rate encoding (BTS level) and actually decoding (your POWERphones) schemes rate.

3G is more likely to overall network upgraded architecture.

2. Our ukrainian national gsm operators also make customers think EDGE is in trial only. But in fact it is trully very well working in large cities (actually in the capital - Kiev, i'm living in). I wouldn't say that E instead of G really means smth. It probably shows only operator's equipment signature as well as you all know cell broadcast. I haven't ever seen the "E" you are all talking about. But I'm experiencing 30-35 kb/sec download speed everyday and frankly speaking pretty satisfied with that (because of unlimited tariffplan ;))).

I would only believe in edge in particular place after connecting it to a pc as a modem and watching the transfer rate: GPRS will never technically show more than 10 kb/sec, if more, believe me EDGE is under your reign... hehe

PS sorry for my English if it is not so good :P russian is my native one.