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Iphone on three (slow broadband)

  • 01-08-2009 11:01pm
    #1
    php-fox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 168 ✭✭


    Hi, I have iPhone 3G. I was with o2 for a while but moved to three because they provide free skype and cheaper broadband (9.99 for 1 gb).
    Now, I use 3g broadband a lot on my phone. On o2, broadband was just excellent, very fast, responsive, simply great. But a bit expensive and out of my budget (I'm a college student :).
    So, I jail broke my iPhone and moved to three 2 days ago (what a stupid name for a mobile network). Well, god... Pages are now taking ages to open. I mean sometimes I takes 15-20 seconds for google's main page to open, which is nothing more than a logo and a textbox - very lightweight. Rarely it's ok, but still much slower than o2.

    I'm in Carlow town, I have very good signal, I am in full coverage area according to the three map. I am in Kilkenny several times a week and get the same terrible speed there.

    So, is it just me, or three broadband is really overloaded, badly designed piece of .... ?

    Anybody experienced similar problems?

    PS. Tried ringing three support. They don't know anything about iPhones.

    Thanks :)


Comments

  • #2
    barry181091
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭barry181091


    Maybe you are in coverage for 3G but not 3.5G for Three but with o2 you could get 3G and 3.5G (HSDPA). I know this was the case with my N95 8GB and Voda VS o2 .

    I got regular 3G with Voda and very sporadic 3.5G in spots, while with o2 the coverage for 3.5G was great in my area. 3G and 3.5G will give a significant speed difference.

    Edit: Anothjer thought would be that 3 just have slower 3g/3.5g speeds than o2. O2 are the main IPhone network, so maybe they had the extra speed set up for the IPhone users.


  • #3
    anoble66
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭anoble66


    The Iphone 3G only supports 3.6Mbs HSDPA, the 3GS supports 7.2Mb/s HSDPA. - Just wanted to clarify that from the other post.

    Both Three and O2 support 3.6Mbs and 7.2Mb/s access, so depending on your handset will depend on what speed you connect at. Then depending on network load, signal strength will determine what speed your actually getting.

    If you still have access to your O2 SIM, maybe install speedtest.net and test both your O2 SIM and Three SIM at the same location. Only then will you know the real difference.


  • #4
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    Sounds like you are only getting gprs speeds.

    I would take the SIM out and try it on a different phone/modem to see if the speeds improve at all.


  • #5
    anoble66
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭anoble66


    Also, make sure your actually on the Three 3G network. Go to settings, carrier and manually select the 3 3G network. If i leave mine on automatic it will quite often just sit there on the non-3G network even though its in a 3g coverage area.....to be honest the Iphone doesnt really work too well on 3 at at all. I am forever having to toggle 3g disable / enable to get it to pick back up the 3G network.....its a bit of a pain but I suppose its worth it for th cheapo data :pac:


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