A few weeks ago I could receive 3G perfectly in the fixed location my laptop is placed. No GPRS connection would stay stable for more than 100k/5 min.
Then it all changed. No 3G but very stable GPRS (same location).
This morning something very weird. The dash connected. I got a blue light (3G??) but all connections showed it was connected at GPRS 57kbit/s. I normally get 50% usage on the GPRS (i.e. never more than 30 to 40 kbit/s.) I started to download email (2.5 MB) at speeds exceeding 57kbit/s sustained (100% +) (no high 3G speeds, but more like 60 to 70 kbit/s speeds, i.e. faster than GPRS max). Also the email contained 90% JPEGs of my whacky friend's garden in Barbados, so I would expect that JPEGs would not further compress to increase speed.
The emailed downloaded fine and then the connection crashed. Got 2 bars on 3G but no connection. Had to battle to get back on GPRS again.
Has someone played aroung at the tower?
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Just as some added information. I tend to get problems associated with location. Not just tower but position in the house or office. If I move 2 rooms on the 4 to 5 bar GPRS goes haywire. When I am at LIW in Centurion I get NO problems and 3G advertises itself well there. Other places other results. At my wife's work I get like 1 to 2 bars but incredible download speed. Other places I get 3 to 4 bars with moderate download speed.
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I would really like to spend one day with a 3G team and control centre group to see what it is like and how they operate and think. Do they bum around or do they really grind their teeth as they battle through the day? Do they just install equipment from the box or do they spend countless hours tweaking it? We all bitch and moan but I think many of us don't know what is involved. Maybe while we are complaining an installer goes:"Eish, where does this blue wire go ?". ... OR after installing 487 towers they return back to the office with a bag full of little patch leads and 'extra' components they couldn't find use for. ... OR maybe these are all the guys that got more for 4th year RF than me? Just wondering.
VMS
Then it all changed. No 3G but very stable GPRS (same location).
This morning something very weird. The dash connected. I got a blue light (3G??) but all connections showed it was connected at GPRS 57kbit/s. I normally get 50% usage on the GPRS (i.e. never more than 30 to 40 kbit/s.) I started to download email (2.5 MB) at speeds exceeding 57kbit/s sustained (100% +) (no high 3G speeds, but more like 60 to 70 kbit/s speeds, i.e. faster than GPRS max). Also the email contained 90% JPEGs of my whacky friend's garden in Barbados, so I would expect that JPEGs would not further compress to increase speed.
The emailed downloaded fine and then the connection crashed. Got 2 bars on 3G but no connection. Had to battle to get back on GPRS again.
Has someone played aroung at the tower?
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Just as some added information. I tend to get problems associated with location. Not just tower but position in the house or office. If I move 2 rooms on the 4 to 5 bar GPRS goes haywire. When I am at LIW in Centurion I get NO problems and 3G advertises itself well there. Other places other results. At my wife's work I get like 1 to 2 bars but incredible download speed. Other places I get 3 to 4 bars with moderate download speed.
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I would really like to spend one day with a 3G team and control centre group to see what it is like and how they operate and think. Do they bum around or do they really grind their teeth as they battle through the day? Do they just install equipment from the box or do they spend countless hours tweaking it? We all bitch and moan but I think many of us don't know what is involved. Maybe while we are complaining an installer goes:"Eish, where does this blue wire go ?". ... OR after installing 487 towers they return back to the office with a bag full of little patch leads and 'extra' components they couldn't find use for. ... OR maybe these are all the guys that got more for 4th year RF than me? Just wondering.
VMS
