Comment Bi-Coastal 2G data degradation (Score 1) 210
It's not just the voice speeds -- I have definitely noticed increasingly severe degradation of my 2G iPhone's internet browsing capacity over the last half year, in both northern NJ as well as Los Angeles, two perenially prime coverage zones.
I remember when I first got the 2G iPhone last year. Browsing was fast and functional and fun. Nowadays it can take a full minute to load a basic web page. It's horrible. Same thing with Google map loads and (god forbid) loading new iPhone apps.
This slowness does not seem to affect a 3G USB data modem for my laptop which I also have with them.
Perhaps it's time ATT got their heads handed to them on a platter in the form of a class action law suit. Upgrading your system is all well and good. But dishonest business practices that systematically rip of masses of consumers to get there are not acceptable; it's very interesting to see this article apparently validate a suspicion I've had for a good while now.
I remember when I first got the 2G iPhone last year. Browsing was fast and functional and fun. Nowadays it can take a full minute to load a basic web page. It's horrible. Same thing with Google map loads and (god forbid) loading new iPhone apps.
This slowness does not seem to affect a 3G USB data modem for my laptop which I also have with them.
Perhaps it's time ATT got their heads handed to them on a platter in the form of a class action law suit. Upgrading your system is all well and good. But dishonest business practices that systematically rip of masses of consumers to get there are not acceptable; it's very interesting to see this article apparently validate a suspicion I've had for a good while now.
