what do the diff signal stregths mean? I see "H" and "E" no "3g"

[clandest]

Ok, so I just unlocked my Rogerts HTC magic, and I entered the APN's I found on one the android sites, but I only see an "H" and sometimes an "E" am I supposed to see a 3g?

Thanks

[PDXMatt]

H is 3G. It stands for HSDPA.

[clandest]

ok cool, thank you. I guess I am all set then

[PDXMatt]

Oh and I should mention that E = EDGE and G = GPRS.

[clandest]

I know what edge is, but whats the diff with GPRS and HSDPA

[MeMongo]

GPRS is a 2.5g wireless communications that's supposed to give you 56kbps - 114 kbps. EDGE is the next level up giving you roughly twice the bandwidth of GPRS.

On the other end of the curve is HSDPA, which is the next generation of 3G (3.5G or 3G+) giving you anywhere from about 1.8Mbps up to the recently announced HSDPA+ service in Philadelphia (T-Mobile) with 21 Mbps.

If you want to read more about them, the Wikipedia articles are pretty detailed:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPRS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhance..._GSM_Evolution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Sp..._Packet_Access

[clandest]

GPRS is a 2.5g wireless communications that's supposed to give you 56kbps - 114 kbps. EDGE is the next level up giving you roughly twice the bandwidth of GPRS.

On the other end of the curve is HSDPA, which is the next generation of 3G (3.5G or 3G+) giving you anywhere from about 1.8Mbps up to the recently announced HSDPA+ service in Philadelphia (T-Mobile) with 21 Mbps.

If you want to read more about them, the Wikipedia articles are pretty detailed:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPRS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhance..._GSM_Evolution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Sp..._Packet_Access

Thanks a lot!

I am used to seeing 3g, so see H kind of worried me. Just wanted to make sure I will have the same speeds. Never had an ulocked phone before so kind of paranoid

[MeMongo]

Thanks a lot!

I am used to seeing 3g, so see H kind of worried me. Just wanted to make sure I will have the same speeds. Never had an ulocked phone before so kind of paranoid

No problem. If you can hit one of the "H" towers, you should do a bandwidth test to see what speed you get.

[clandest]

No problem. If you can hit one of the "H" towers, you should do a bandwidth test to see what speed you get.

will do

is there a program for this?

[MeMongo]

there's a speedtest app in the store and you might be able to use one of the browser based tests (http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=ban...UTF-8&fr=moz35)