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danny boi · 06-06-2007, 7:41 PM

I hope the side affects of this will improve voice capacity as well in our area.

Exclusive: iPhone Data to be Boosted by AT&T's Operation "Fine Edge" - Gizmodo

An AT&T employee who works on Operations tells us that the carrier ordered a last-minute beefing up of its EDGE throughput, latency and coverage in anticipation of the iPhone. The operation, internally referenced as "Fine Edge" will continue until June 15th, and has been going on for as many as 6 weeks.

EDGE is slow, but at least at AT&T, the implementation isn't limited by the protocol itself. Rather, the limiting factor is, according to our source, the data backend and the way the towers are configured to allocate bandwidth to data and calls. And according to an internal doc, they're dropping in more T-1s in their poorest performing towers, hoping to get that paltry 40kbps performance to a new minimum of 80kpbs. (EDGE's real world max is about 200kbps.) That's still painfully slow, but we're not ones to look a gift WWAN upgrade in the mouth.

Before "Fine EDGE" and the iPhone, most efforts were going towards building out AT&T's 3G. The upgrades hopefully will make the neglected 2.5 infrastructure better, but maybe its just to keep the whole thing from going down when all the fanboys start browsing on June 29th. Of course, these upgrades will help all EDGE handsets.

rytard · 06-11-2007, 7:46 PM

the iPhone's gonna suck it isnt even 3G and i wouldnt take one for free as long as it is on cingular

SmArTeStChIlD421 · 06-11-2007, 8:36 PM

i just posted that in another thread........but i heard that they are working on a 3G iPhone

rytard · 06-11-2007, 9:36 PM

Why would they even make a 2.5G just to release and go right to make a 3G thats is pretty stupid

danny boi · 06-11-2007, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by rytard

Why would they even make a 2.5G just to release and go right to make a 3G thats is pretty stupid

A product that continues to evolve for the better will help ensure sales for months to come. That's why Apple keeps making newer versions of their iPOD's and why Motorola keeps pumping out different versions of their RAZR lineup.

SmArTeStChIlD421 · 06-11-2007, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by YourDaddy

A product that continues to evolve for the better will help ensure sales for months to come. That's why Apple keeps making newer versions of their iPOD's and why Motorola keeps pumping out different versions of their RAZR lineup.

see but the different versions of the RAZR is just annoying because coincidentally enough they really dont seem to be getting better with the exception of the intro of 3G..........and the iPods just seem to be packing on more memory

danny boi · 06-11-2007, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by SmArTeStChIlD421

see but the different versions of the RAZR is just annoying because coincidentally enough they really dont seem to be getting better with the exception of the intro of 3G..........and the iPods just seem to be packing on more memory

at&t will have to market any new version as "advanced," and will probably make a big deal about it.... they'll tout their new device as "exclusive," and claim that no other US carrier has a 3G enabled iPhone...

SmArTeStChIlD421 · 06-11-2007, 10:53 PM

yeah cuz everyone else has the 2.5G one......hehe

siliconvalley785 · 06-13-2007, 4:53 PM

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Well, as for the upgrade, I'm getting damn good speeds on EDGE on mt E62. Speeds close to 200kbits/sec, which is good for edge.

Pritesh

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danny boi Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: SoCali Posts: 1,119 Phone(s): BlackBerry Pearl 8120, Moto S9 StereoBT Headset Provider(s): T-Mobile USA Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	iPhone Data to be Boosted by AT&T's Operation "Fine Edge" I hope the side affects of this will improve voice capacity as well in our area. Exclusive: iPhone Data to be Boosted by AT&T's Operation "Fine Edge" - Gizmodo An AT&T employee who works on Operations tells us that the carrier ordered a last-minute beefing up of its EDGE throughput, latency and coverage in anticipation of the iPhone. The operation, internally referenced as "Fine Edge" will continue until June 15th, and has been going on for as many as 6 weeks. EDGE is slow, but at least at AT&T, the implementation isn't limited by the protocol itself. Rather, the limiting factor is, according to our source, the data backend and the way the towers are configured to allocate bandwidth to data and calls. And according to an internal doc, they're dropping in more T-1s in their poorest performing towers, hoping to get that paltry 40kbps performance to a new minimum of 80kpbs. (EDGE's real world max is about 200kbps.) That's still painfully slow, but we're not ones to look a gift WWAN upgrade in the mouth. Before "Fine EDGE" and the iPhone, most efforts were going towards building out AT&T's 3G. The upgrades hopefully will make the neglected 2.5 infrastructure better, but maybe its just to keep the whole thing from going down when all the fanboys start browsing on June 29th. Of course, these upgrades will help all EDGE handsets. __________________ http://www.sticktogether.com/coverage/

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rytard Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Forest City Posts: 187 Phone(s): LG VX8550 Chocolate (Red), LG VX8500 Chocolate (Red), Samsung SCH-A670, Motorola Razr V3m Provider(s): Verizon Wireless Devices: iPod Video , Sony CyberShot DSC-W55, MacBook Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Images: 17 My Auctions	Re: iPhone Data to be Boosted by AT&T's Operation "Fine Edge" the iPhone's gonna suck it isnt even 3G and i wouldnt take one for free as long as it is on cingular

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SmArTeStChIlD421 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Reading, PA Posts: 3,661 Phone(s): Motorola RAZR V3m (Red) Provider(s): Sprint Thanks: 4 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: iPhone Data to be Boosted by AT&T's Operation "Fine Edge" i just posted that in another thread........but i heard that they are working on a 3G iPhone

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rytard Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Forest City Posts: 187 Phone(s): LG VX8550 Chocolate (Red), LG VX8500 Chocolate (Red), Samsung SCH-A670, Motorola Razr V3m Provider(s): Verizon Wireless Devices: iPod Video , Sony CyberShot DSC-W55, MacBook Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Images: 17 My Auctions	Re: iPhone Data to be Boosted by AT&T's Operation "Fine Edge" Why would they even make a 2.5G just to release and go right to make a 3G thats is pretty stupid

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SmArTeStChIlD421 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Reading, PA Posts: 3,661 Phone(s): Motorola RAZR V3m (Red) Provider(s): Sprint Thanks: 4 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: iPhone Data to be Boosted by AT&T's Operation "Fine Edge" yeah cuz everyone else has the 2.5G one......hehe

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siliconvalley785 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Newtown, Pennsylvania, US Posts: 251 Phone(s): E62, BlackJack, L6, V551, A707 (SYNC), h6315, v60g Provider(s): AT&T Devices: Dell Latitude D600, iPod Shuffle 1GB, Nano Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts My Auctions	Wirelessly posted (Nokia e62: Mozilla/5.0 (SymbianOS/9.1; U; en-us) AppleWebKit/413 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/413 UP.Link/6.3.0.0.0) Well, as for the upgrade, I'm getting damn good speeds on EDGE on mt E62. Speeds close to 200kbits/sec, which is good for edge. Pritesh __________________ Nation 550 FamilyTalk, 9PM Nights & Weekends, Unlimited Mobile to Mobile, Unlimited BIS + 1500 B2B SMS ($8.99) + 500 free SMS

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