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Sometimes I get 3G

xCameron94x — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 06:26:09 GMT

Hey Everyone! Merry Christmas and happy holidays. I just notcied something recently. When i was downtown Toronto (Dundas Square/Eaton centre) I had 3G data most of the time. Ive also noticed the same whenever Im in Kitchener. Also noticing I have less bars from time to time (average of 2 or 3 now). I'm using an iPhone 6. Could it just be a coincidence that I'm expiericing this. It just started happening recently

Re: Sometimes I get 3G

Ionut — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 15:29:21 GMT

Hi there. There are still week signal spot and you experience 3G. For me work fine in that area.
I get around 50 Mb/s.

Re: Sometimes I get 3G

will13am — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 16:07:07 GMT

Depending on network congestion, a connection can be bounced around for load leveling purposes. Sometimes you can end up being connected to a tower that may be far away or a 3G connection.

Re: Sometimes I get 3G

will13am — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 16:09:00 GMT

@Ionut wrote:
Hi there. There are still week signal spot and you experience 3G. For me work fine in that area.
I get around 50 Mb/s.

Correct your typo please. I think you mean 50 mbits/s. Mb implies Mbytes/s. There is an 8x difference.

Re: Sometimes I get 3G

Ionut — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 02:28:36 GMT

Nope Mb= Mbits. Where MB= MByte which is 8x time. Bigger.

Re: Sometimes I get 3G

will13am — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 16:13:41 GMT

I have seen MB referring to Mbytes, but never mB. A small m means milli, 1/1000.

Re: Sometimes I get 3G

Ionut — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 19:03:03 GMT

Please look again to my comment. There's no sense to fight. This things are set. Mb/s it's the regular representation form

Re: Sometimes I get 3G

computergeek541 — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 18:31:13 GMT

@Ionutis correct. Using standard conventions, Mb/s is in fact megabits per second. MB/s would be 8 times more. Most people in technology related industries would consider the use of "b" for byte to be a mistake. This standardization is what's used to avoid confusion (although it's easy for people to still get these mixed up with each other).

Re: Sometimes I get 3G

yyzguy — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 14:24:16 GMT

My office is near Dundas Square and occasionally I will also get 3G signal. I usually notice this when walking through my building - I will see the signal strength on LTE drop to 1 bar, then reappear as 4/5 bars 3G. I think this has to do with radio spots and coverage - some areas might be better covered with a 3G signal than LTE.

Remember that LTE runs on a different frequency than 3G.. and as such, it's possible you get stronger coverage depending on your environment (concrete building, interference etc) on one frequency versus another.

Re: Sometimes I get 3G

Vickel — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 22:12:01 GMT

I have noticed since I switched from Rogers, that I also get 3G more than LTE.

Usually it keeps switching from LTE to 3G and back.

Re: Sometimes I get 3G

Mana — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 05:18:46 GMT

@Vickel @yyzguy how frequently are you guys switched to 3G and for how long does it stay on 3G?

Re: Sometimes I get 3G

yyzguy — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 12:58:04 GMT

I can usually predict (based on where I'm standing) when it will shift to 3G. As soon as I move a bit, it's back to LTE. My work phone is with Rogers - similar experience again based on where I'm located.

Re: Sometimes I get 3G

Vickel — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 15:41:10 GMT

@ManaI notice that when I unlock the screen it's on 3G then it switches to LTE.

On Rogers I rarely see the 3G icon come up.