Shammyh
12th September 2008, 09:58 PM
hi all,
so been looking into this over the past year or so, and yet to get a definitive answer one way or the other....
anyone who is on at&t wireless and is lucky enough to have a 3g phone, and in an area with 3g coverage, have you tried and found any difference between the "ims.cingular" gprs apn, and the standard "wap.cingular" apn?
as i understand it, access to the ims.cingular apn is dependent on having the "ims" feature on the at&t account, which i believe is connected to having video share (pay-per-use is a free addition to any account). now i've looked into "ims" as a whole, and again, i understand it's somehow connected to att's video share deal, but not sure as to the details.
personally, i've been using the "ims.cingular" apn for over a year now, and i have had no problems with internet access over edge/3g and even roaming internationally (both in france and the u.k.). in fact internet access on my phone has been rock solid, even when other people have claimed network downtime or problems with normal data access with at&t. in fact, i have heard anecdotal evidence that ims might be faster than wap, if anything just because less people are using it.
so what i would like to know is if anyone has any info about the "ims.cingular" apn, and if anyone who can access both would mind doing a few speed tests to see if either one is in fact faster. i'm going to run some tests myself over the weekend, and will posts my results. if we get a definitive answer on this, perhaps some of the chefs can default to using whichever is faster.
thanks in advance to all who can help.
so been looking into this over the past year or so, and yet to get a definitive answer one way or the other....
anyone who is on at&t wireless and is lucky enough to have a 3g phone, and in an area with 3g coverage, have you tried and found any difference between the "ims.cingular" gprs apn, and the standard "wap.cingular" apn?
as i understand it, access to the ims.cingular apn is dependent on having the "ims" feature on the at&t account, which i believe is connected to having video share (pay-per-use is a free addition to any account). now i've looked into "ims" as a whole, and again, i understand it's somehow connected to att's video share deal, but not sure as to the details.
personally, i've been using the "ims.cingular" apn for over a year now, and i have had no problems with internet access over edge/3g and even roaming internationally (both in france and the u.k.). in fact internet access on my phone has been rock solid, even when other people have claimed network downtime or problems with normal data access with at&t. in fact, i have heard anecdotal evidence that ims might be faster than wap, if anything just because less people are using it.
so what i would like to know is if anyone has any info about the "ims.cingular" apn, and if anyone who can access both would mind doing a few speed tests to see if either one is in fact faster. i'm going to run some tests myself over the weekend, and will posts my results. if we get a definitive answer on this, perhaps some of the chefs can default to using whichever is faster.
thanks in advance to all who can help.