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litsjie

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hi,
I have a problem with 3G connection..
my milestone always uses EDGE instead of 3G and that's pretty slow for youtube and active surfing.
Does someone knows what could be the problem, is it my phone or the provider (mobistar Belgium)?

as Access Point Names:

Name: 3G
APN: mworld.be or internet.be (i'm not pretty sure, both of them give edge)
Proxy: not set
Port: not set
Username: mobistar
Password: mobistar
Server: not set
MMSC: not set
MMS proxy: not set
MMS port: not set
MCC: 206
MNC: 10
APN type: not set
 
that really depends on the providers that are available to you. If you are in the states, chances are slim.

I heard that Tmobile MIGHT work..but i doubt it.

but if you are from europe or asia (or the rest of the world for that matter)....chances are you can easily find a provider that supports the milestone's frequency.

judging by how you are getting edge connection as opposed to 3g, im pretty sure your current provider does not support your phone's frequency band. If it's any consolation, the 'data plan' that you are paying for is for the edge connection too.
 
chyau.00 said:
that really depends on the providers that are available to you. If you are in the states, chances are slim.

I heard that Tmobile MIGHT work..but i doubt it.

but if you are from europe or asia (or the rest of the world for that matter)....chances are you can easily find a provider that supports the milestone's frequency.

judging by how you are getting edge connection as opposed to 3g, im pretty sure your current provider does not support your phone's frequency band. If it's any consolation, the 'data plan' that you are paying for is for the edge connection too.
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How do I know which provider supports my phone's frequency?
Does it have a name or something that frequency?.
If so then maybe I can google it

Grtz
 
Google the [name of the provider] "frequency 3g" and you should find what you want.

It LOOKS like the version of the Milestone for sale in Europe (I don't know if there is another version elsewhere) does not support either T-Mo's or ATT's US 3G frequencies. So if you bring it back there, you might well be stuck with EDGE at best. You should float that question to Motorola, specifically.

For info: Milestone - 900/2100 3G, 4-band 2G
Tmo US - 1700/2100 3G
ATT US - 850/1900 3G

You would think that this would let your Milestone work in 3g for T-Mobile, HOWEVER, Tmo uses AWS 3G, which (as far as I understand) uses 1700 for the uplink and 2100 for the downlink, meaning that the Milestone can hear but not speak 3g to Tmo towers.

I don't work for a carrier or for Moto, so my words on this are not facts - just the results of googling.
 
litsjie said:
Then why am I paying 3g..
Does it help when I change provider?
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Sigh...I wish consumers were more informed before spending their money...your not paying for 3G your paying for cellular broadband. Whether your on GPRS or "ZOMG SUPER 1337 3G SPEEDZ" whatever doesn't Matter. Your not paying for your data rates your paying for access to THEIR towers regardless of the system upgrades.
 
big_adventure said:
Google the [name of the provider] "frequency 3g" and you should find what you want.

It LOOKS like the version of the Milestone for sale in Europe (I don't know if there is another version elsewhere) does not support either T-Mo's or ATT's US 3G frequencies. So if you bring it back there, you might well be stuck with EDGE at best. You should float that question to Motorola, specifically.

For info: Milestone - 900/2100 3G, 4-band 2G
Tmo US - 1700/2100 3G
ATT US - 850/1900 3G

You would think that this would let your Milestone work in 3g for T-Mobile, HOWEVER, Tmo uses AWS 3G, which (as far as I understand) uses 1700 for the uplink and 2100 for the downlink, meaning that the Milestone can hear but not speak 3g to Tmo towers.

I don't work for a carrier or for Moto, so my words on this are not facts - just the results of googling.
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Yup that's correct. If he lives in Belgium the he should have no trouble with frequencies seeing as most UMTS in europe is in the 2100 and 900Mhz band.
 
Im having a similar problem in the fact that my Milestone wont switch between 3G and 2G without rebooting the handset, even when i select 2G in the options the 3G icon in the notification bar doesnt change. Any one else have this problem?
 
In some countries,"H" appears instead of "3G" or alternating 3G & H ,indicating HSPA,which is commonly seen!
If a poorly 3G receptive occasions,"E" will appear!
 
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