T-Mobile Network (3G and Edge) And Nexus One Woes, No Solution Yet

T-Mobile Nexus One snapvoip.blogspot.com
With people complaining about T-Mobile network fluctuations and in some cases no 3G on Google Nexus One and other phones like T-Mobile G1, it seems T-Mobile is investigating. A forum post indicated that they do not have a solution or a cause yet;

Google and T-Mobile are investigating this issue and hope to have more information for you soon. We understand your concern and appreciate your patience.

If you are also experiencing this issue, visit the forum and report your symtoms.;

Hi everybody!

Let's see what we can learn about this. Maybe we can uncover some commonalities among those experiencing issues.
Please reply, and post details here:

• BE SURE TO INCLUDE THE CITY, STATE, & ZIP of the location where you've experienced the problem.
• Indicate if you have no 3G at all or if your signal indicator fluctuates between 3G & E. 
• Do you have another T-Mobile 3G phone that does get or does not get reliable 3G at the same location?
• Is there anything specific that you have done that helps the problem or that makes the problem occur.
• Any other relevant information you can provide.

To better focus on obtaining the information above, I'm locking the old thread.

Dominic
Moderator, T-Mobile Forums

No SLINGing On My 3G Network, AT&T To You!

Image from engadget, link at the end

Slingbox on iPhone
"Slingbox, which would use large amounts of wireless network capacity, could create congestion and potentially prevent other customers from using the network. The application does not run on our 3G wireless network. Applications like this, which redirect a TV signal to a personal computer, are specifically prohibited under our terms of service. We consider smartphones like the iPhone to be personal computers in that they have the same hardware and software attributes as PCs.

That said, we don't restrict users from going to a Web site that lets them view videos. But what our terms and conditions prohibit is the transferring, or slinging, of a TV signal to their personal computer or smartphone.

The Slingbox application for the iPhone runs on WiFi. That's good news for AT&T's iPhone 3G customers, who get free WiFi access at our 20,000 owned and operated hot spots in the U.S., including Starbucks, McDonalds, Barnes & Noble, hotels, and airports. AT&T is the industry leader in WiFi."
But Engadget has a nice article about the whole saga which has altready collected 184 comments. I think if this is news to you to follow the link below for the article;
AT&T and Slingbox, Engadget

Tags: ATT, slingbox, iPhone, 3G Networks

3G Data Bandwidth Test, Coast To Coast

http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
We hear everyday the virtues of 3G networks from our carriers everyday. Snappy download speeds, zippy upload speeds etc to be better than average Joe's broadband connection. So to get to the bottom of this Gizmodo's bloggy type conducted a coast to coast test covering 8 major cities. I also like the fact that they did not jet around to do the tests. They choose a greener test method and shipped the equipment to bloggers, staffers located in those cities. They did put the 3G USB Dongles and carriers, AT&T, SPRINT, Verizon to test and tested the bandwidth;
Results were amazing, see if your carrier delivers as it promises or if the others are doing better!

Tags: AT&T, SPRINT, Verizon, 3G USB Dongles, gizmodo