at&t 3G coverage

Ellen,

Like all CDMA based systems (UMTS is WCDMA) you have an effect called cell breathing. If you're in an area that has alot of traffic (phone calls) then you could be seeing this effect. Unless you're downloading data though it shouldn't matter because 3G does a handoff to 2G (EDGE). Hope this helps.:browani:

 

I'd start out by saing that the coverage maps on the website an utter load of B.S...the coverage app that Cs has is alot better but still not entirely accurate. like ^^ said it could just be an issue of traffic in the area. what SIM do you have? is it cingular 3g or att 3g? i'd suggest whatever the large city it is you live in to travel close to the center of the city and have 3g on and see if it keeps fluxing, if so may be a SIM issue or may be a phone issue....hope that helps

 

AT&T's Coverage Map shows that I have 3G coverage in my house. I can only get 3G in some parts of my house. The rest is EDGE. Also most of my area is only EDGE, 3G is spotty.

 

You should try locking your phone to 3g only and see how that works out.

 

Goes from EDGE to GRPS. No 3G.

 

Drf sounds like the coverage maps are a little off, I think your idea of locking it to 2g for the time being is best. those handoffs can be frustrating.
I'm so eager to have 3g here, I heard I wont be getting till mid to late next year..just have to deal with EDGE till then

 

I know when I am in a fringe area, I have the same problem with the phone switching back & forth, I haven't had any dropped calls from it so far guess I have been lucky.
I guess once they do more towers by me to make them 3G I can see if I will have more issues, for me it's less then a mile away for 3G service.
Not that it matters for me on data since I had to drop that due to the cost.

 

Atleast you guys have 3G coverage!!!

 

You have a point there, I am so close to it I can almost taste it. I am suprised how it seems to have stopped all of the sudden & don't know what's going on with them on this & new towers.

 

Prior to me quitting there I was recieving alot of customer complaints about loss of service in areas where they use to have service. after filing trouble tickets about it, alot of the time it was due to RF antennas being re-directed for whatever reason for network maintence due to 3g deployment. Might see more of it in the future since they're rolling out 3g service in more areas.

 

Manual network selection is great, I leave mine on auto since I dont have to worry about the handoff. But its nice to know its there

 

Yes, on the blackjack theirs a shortcode you can enter in and brings up a menu then you chooe the band. Or of course you can go into the menu / settings / phone and disable it too.

 

see now this is the beauty of CDMA and its maturity.........i have EV-DO Rev A for miles around my area...........sorry if i rubbed in the 3G.........lol

 

oh yeah..............Sprint does a really good job and i cant wait cuz Sprint is getting the RAZR2 on Wednesday..........i guess thats tomorrow.......lol.............but im excited cuz itll be one of the first phones that Sprint will get before Verizon.........and its supposed to be a big sound quality and speed improvement over the V3's

 

well......the question is how much would you use you cell at home.............do you still have a landline or are you a cellphone-only person............cuz Sprint has forced roaming and you could just use it when you are home and avoid calls so you dont do too many roaming calls...............does your service get better when you go into work or when you go elsewhere??

chech the Sprint coverage maps...........cuz if it means roaming when yu are at home then you could save a lot of money

 

Seems like that happens a lot. I had 3G at our mailbox in the start of our street but four houses up at our place nothing. It remained like that for a good 6 months and I come back from vacation and voila, I have 3G everywhere in the house.

I do have to say the signal is solid & there has never been any dropped calls or anything other than crystal clear reception & call clarity. I don't know if it is the Blackjack & the Treo or the network but I am content either way.

So hang in there, it's going to happen.

 

Ok I will try to hang in there but I want it to happen sooner then later it's hard to wait so long.

Maybe they will do a larger area at once vs 1 tower at a time.

 

i hate how Verizon cripples their phones.............there's practically a whole different experience between "Sprint cdma" and "Verizon cdma".........................and they can move your contacts over in the store

 

i didn't know you could change it on the razr

 

You can't change it on the Razr & I can't find the way to change it on the 400, which I have 3 of & am trying it out to see how it is compared to the Razr. I think the only way to do it on the Razr is modding the phone, but I am trying to find that answer out & don't want to mod my new phone just yet.

MobilePrincess could you either post it here or PM me with how to change the Network settings from 2G to 3G on the LG CU400 please.

 

I believe you can not select the band settings on the at&t branded V3xx (just one more reason to buy unbranded phones). However, with the new version of the P2K commander, 4.9.C (i think), it is relatively simple to seem edit and it is not any kind of irreversible modding that might mess up your phone. I sent you a link via PM.

Please let me know if you try it.

Hope this helps.