Re: GPRS NextG/3G mobile data Q

Ah good that it is all working, still seems a bit slow but I assume by "h"
zone you mean 3.5g, this is the connection I used to get on my commute into
the city. My new job gave me a sim but don't allow data to be activated so I
haven't tried lately.

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Voytek Eymont <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, January 30, 2009 12:37 pm, Morgan Storey wrote:
> > ATDT*99# tends to work to get the phone to make a GPRS/3g/Nextg attach,
> > but it can depend on the phone model. IIRC it will work like that on most
> > moto's and Nokia's, Sony-Ericsson users a profile system so sometimes you
> > need to do atdt*99***1#; 1 being the profile number for your internet
> APN.
> >  Easiest way to test you are on NextG is check the phone it should have
> > an icon to indicate is attached to the network, then yeah just test the
> > speed with one of the speed test tools that works with your palm. I used
> to
> > see about 1-2mbps on my n95 connected to my ubuntu laptop, with latency
> to
> > an aussie DNS of about 200ms, to give you an idea.
>
> Morgan,
> thanks
> (sorry, meant to post to chat)
>
>
> the original phone was a dud, now I got the replacement, so, I'm trying
>
> I can connect OK, but, every time, I keep getting 'GPRS data connection'
> on the phone's LCD
>
> as for speed, using dslreports/mspeed I get:
>
> in '3g' not 'h' area:
>
> phone's browser: ab. 350 kb/s, 0.8-0.6 s latency
>
> palm over bt: abt. 280 kb/s, 0.5-0.4 s latency
>
> so, it doesn't seems that fast on the 3.6MBs NextG phone, I guess I should
> find a 'h' area and try again
>
> Palm being marginally slower than phone seems OK, considering 'weak link'
> of bluetooth 1.1
>
>
>
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