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Re:Ballmer Laughs at iPhone (2007) by ZGDUwpqEWpUZ on Saturday September 03, 2022 @09:30AM (#32701737)
EDGE goes up to 384Kbps, and everywhere most certainly did not have 8Mbps 3G coverage in 2007.

https://www.wired.com/2008/08/global-iphone-3/

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Re:Ballmer Laughs at iPhone (2007) by seba_dos1 on Sunday September 04, 2022 @11:28AM (#32714056)
3G sure was pretty common in 2007. US was always behind when it comes to cellular networks.
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Re:Ballmer Laughs at iPhone (2007) by ZGDUwpqEWpUZ on Sunday September 04, 2022 @12:47PM (#32714949)
> European T-Mobile users reported the fastest 3G Download Speeds: 1,822 Kbps on average.

Getting 8Mb was rare, hence the link. The other poster is taking the theoretical maximum for 3G, and understating 2G, rather than just admitting that his original statement - that the first iPhone didn't have mobile data at all - was just wrong.

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Re:Ballmer Laughs at iPhone (2007) by seba_dos1 on Sunday September 04, 2022 @02:58PM (#32716459)
Yeah, but effective 2Mbps was a pretty decent connection speed in 2007, while theoretical maximum of 384Kbps was already underwhelming. Source: I used 2G data around that time extensively :)
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Re:Ballmer Laughs at iPhone (2007) by Gordonjcp on Saturday September 03, 2022 @12:22PM (#32703378)
Even in the remotest corners of Europe we had absolutely romping 3G coverage.
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