2.5G on US T-Mobile
 

So I got my N900 (sry to those still waiting) and on T-Mobile in the US, I'm showing a data coonnection of 2.5G in a 3G active area (seen it on G2 in same spot). Speed seems pretty good. But is this full T-Mobile 3G just showing up as 2.5 on the phone or am I missing something?

TIA

Re: 2.5G on US T-Mobile
 

You probably need to ask T-Mobile to switch your plan to '3G smartphone' data plan. That happened to another person here which signed up T-Mobile plan but realized 3G did not come in default.

Re: 2.5G on US T-Mobile
 

I have both 3g and 3.5g working on mine with a T-Zones plan. SWEET.

Re: 2.5G on US T-Mobile
 

yeah, hsdpa is the bomb diggity on this N900.

Re: 2.5G on US T-Mobile
 

Thanks for the replys.

I finally took it out of the house and noticed that the number changed. I saw values of 2.5, 3.0 and 3.5. Is it possible that it's "measuring" speed to determine the "g" number?

Re: 2.5G on US T-Mobile
 

No, it's based on the available signal and capabilities of the tower.

e.g. EDGE(2.5) available on 1900mhz only for t-mobile.
3G/3.5G available on 1700/2100mhz for tmobile, and within that only 3.5G (HSDPA) available on towers which have the hardware for it.

Re: 2.5G on US T-Mobile
 

Same here, I'm in NY and in my apartment it fluctuates between 2.5, 3 and 3.5G.
There's a huge difference between 2.5 and 3G on this device.

Can't wait for my crappy ATT contract to be over!