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Re: 3G enabled phone on a non 3G network

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Originally Posted by ViciousXUSMC (Post 494354)

Well you get what you pay for 3g cost over 2x as much as Edge, if they were the same cost then the argument would be a lot harder to say its ok to have "just edge" ...

If you're responding to me, directly, as a network/VoIP engineer, I'm very well aware of your point however I was providing the OP "real world" experiences, so a more informed decision can be made.

"Data rates" for Edge should be more than sufficient to handle a VoIP call, but again, the quality of signal doesn't seem up to snuff on AT&T, at least in my area (Balt/DC corridor).

Re: 3G enabled phone on a non 3G network

To me 3G/3.5G is only slightly faster than 2G/2.5G, so it's not a deal breaker. Whether 3G or 2G I try to keep the amount of data as low as absolutely possible, because there's cost/megabyte to take into account.