GPRS trouble

brickman · Postby **brickman** » July 11th, 2010, 10:30 am

Bmobile tuners,anyone getting serious probs with mobile net since friday eveing?Getting no connection or pages loading incredibly slow then timing out,comes back to normal for few hours then gives trouble again.Called them today but the csr seems lost,so just wondering if its just me.Feedback would be appreciated.

Postby **Duane 3NE 2NR** » July 11th, 2010, 11:18 am

GPRS will be slow

are you getting an EDGE signal?
have you tried another device?

brickman · Postby **brickman** » July 11th, 2010, 11:46 am

Getting edge but speeds incredibly slow,usually pages load in 10-15 seconds but now it takes about 45 mins to load a web page if it doesnt time out.Posting this from my digi,free net ftw.Changed phones & bands from 850 mhz to 1900 mhz but same prob.My speeds have always been fast but this is like 10 times slower than their slowest speed.

Kenjo · Postby **Kenjo** » July 11th, 2010, 12:05 pm

over the last few days it has been intermittently suspect but it seems to have sorted out itself now

brickman · Postby **brickman** » July 11th, 2010, 1:30 pm

Going by bmobile in the morning cause this is pissing me off.Hope it gets sorted out cause its affecting my work.

jackson5 · Postby **jackson5** » July 11th, 2010, 2:21 pm

not only gprs dude - like blink messing up too..

on a 10 mb connection and only gettin 2mb sometimes 1

had a 190.x.x.x ip but it changed to 186.45.x.x and staying in that range.

cant even stream todays football match

brickman · Postby **brickman** » July 11th, 2010, 6:13 pm

You still lucky!I can't even load a web page!

*$kїđž!™ · Postby *$kїđž!™ » July 12th, 2010, 4:04 am

Seems as though its is only working between 1am and 6am.......

Giving real trouble exactly what you guys said.....

Well thats what we get as we live in a third world country.......

brickman · Postby **brickman** » July 12th, 2010, 10:50 am

On the phone now with a csr who confirmed there is a problem with the GPRS since friday & they are working on it but isn't sure when it will be fixed.So i guess its wait & see,would suggest others with the problem call to keep them aware of the problem.

*$kїđž!™ · Postby *$kїđž!™ » July 13th, 2010, 9:00 pm

it seems okay now.....

Can anyone else confirm?

aidan · Postby **aidan** » July 13th, 2010, 9:01 pm

blink effin up too. does only work good in low use hours (1am-6am). Other than that is filth.

brickman · Postby **brickman** » July 14th, 2010, 12:44 am

Well its back up for GPRS/EDGE users since 2 p.m yesterday & speed is back to normal.Looks like that blackout facked up their internet service for everyone,lots of complaints on tstt's forum.Best thing for those still having trouble is to check posts there & continue to call & complain.

*$kїđž!™ · Postby *$kїđž!™ » July 14th, 2010, 12:55 am

Isnt GPRS and EDGE just about the same thing?

*$kїđž!™ · Postby *$kїđž!™ » July 14th, 2010, 12:55 am

oh yeah and TSTT sucks as usual....lol....

brickman · Postby **brickman** » July 14th, 2010, 1:14 am

Nope not the same.EDGE is faster than GPRS,check wiki for more details.Thats why i was telling people who have windows phones to hack it to run on the 850mhz band EDGE instead of the 1900mhz band GPRS since most phones,even if they are edge enabled automatically run on the 1900mhz band.Your speed will improve by at least a factor of 5.I run circles around my laptop/pc friends with it sometimes ;-)

Shaquon · Postby **Shaquon** » July 14th, 2010, 11:35 am

What Browser you using? I generally use Opera Mini 5 as its the fastest mobile browser and Opera Mobile 10 for secure browsing. There are random times though when I experience what you're referring to in Opera and I get through fine in IE. You can check to see if the browser is your problem

biggy82 · Postby **biggy82** » July 14th, 2010, 11:55 am

aite, so i issa total noob with all these mobile internet settings so bear with me

on my phone settings, the connection name is "Bmobile GPRS" and data bearer is "Packet data". does this mean i can only use GPRS for internet? and how do i switch to EDGE?

its a Nokia N97 btw

brickman · Postby **brickman** » July 14th, 2010, 6:00 pm

To have a fast running/downloading opera mobile 10,simplyturn off the turbo(learned this from their forum)& it works for me.You can't change it in symbian phones easily cause its something you change in the programming itself.I'll search around to see if there is a band select app for symbian but i doubt it,highly recommend you invest in a windows mobile smartphone though.I've had many different kinds & i find them the best & easiest to customize/configure.

*$kїđž!™ · Postby *$kїđž!™ » July 16th, 2010, 12:40 am

brickman wrote:Nope not the same.EDGE is faster than GPRS,check wiki for more details.Thats why i was telling people who have windows phones to hack it to run on the 850mhz band EDGE instead of the 1900mhz band GPRS since most phones,even if they are edge enabled automatically run on the 1900mhz band.Your speed will improve by at least a factor of 5.I run circles around my laptop/pc friends with it sometimes

Brickman-----I have an Edge Modem that I sometimes use.....When I connect via edge the signal is poor and the internet is very slow.....

Now if I use the edge modem and connect via GPRS the signal is excellent and the Internet runs well....

Whats my situation with this? Id appreciate your advice

brickman · Postby **brickman** » July 16th, 2010, 1:39 am

Im curious about this myself.Have a friend getting one & was wondering about this too,some edge modems come with software & some are plug in & go.I have done some light reading but i have found nothing like a 'band select' option for them,it is possible there is something on the pc/latop that can be changed/installed.Unfortunatly my expertise is mostly on phones so im not much help in the pc/laptop aspect.If you have a windows phone however & wish to use that as a modem instead,i can assist.
P.S i have attached my average speed in downloading a 1mb file,you can compare to your gprs speed.

*$kїđž!™ · Postby *$kїđž!™ » July 16th, 2010, 4:39 am

My Modem has software installed and you can select the band from the software provided as well....

brickman · Postby **brickman** » July 16th, 2010, 10:19 am

Well select it from there & see if there is an improvment.Wish you luck.

brickman · Postby **brickman** » December 31st, 2010, 11:59 am

This facking sh!t start back again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Speeds down by 75% past week & started timing out today.My 137kbps speed is now 23kbps.Digi needs an unlimited data post paid plan cause this is getting ridiculous with bmobile!

sharkman121 · Postby **sharkman121** » December 31st, 2010, 12:08 pm

No EDGE now.... only edge

brickman · Postby **brickman** » December 31st, 2010, 12:34 pm

More like ed............................g.............(time out)....................e

*$kїđž!™ · Postby *$kїđž!™ » January 6th, 2011, 10:51 am

hey brickman i check a partner his GPRS working okay...pages usually has to be refreshed quite often though........

brickman · Postby **brickman** » January 6th, 2011, 4:06 pm

Real pressure on my side,bmobile say nothing wrong,talking bout peaks hours but speeds less than gprs 24hrs a day is real sh!t.No digital flow on my street so may have to go blink

*$kїđž!™ · Postby *$kїđž!™ » January 7th, 2011, 12:37 am

maybe its your hardware....

what u using......phone or edge modem?

try to uninstall and then a reinstall....

brickman · Postby **brickman** » January 7th, 2011, 3:09 am

Speed is the same no matter what i use the sim on,will let them reset the service & even change the sim if its still the same.Time to upgrade anyway,hope that rumor about the 2 phone companies coming this year is true.