Less Bars in More Places

“Timothy Butler of Open For Business e-mails us to note he’s done a little digging, and found that AT&T has been downgrading its EDGE/2G service to the weaker 1900 MHz band. While 3G/HSDPA customers won’t care, EDGE/2G was previously using the 850 MHz band, which provided better coverage, particularly indoors. Sure, upgrading your network to faster speeds is great, but there’s still a lot of traditional 2G/EDGE customers under long-term contract out there (including first gen iPhone, RAZR and Blackberry users) who may find they’re now seeing slightly less robust coverage. AT&T’s solution, of course, is to push customers toward newer gear that supports HSDPA.”

I still find 3g in Orange County spotty at best and keep my iPhone on 2g. How is 3g in your area?