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#52709 6-Dec-2009 20:04
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Do txt messages go through faster if sent while on 3g? Is there any advantage to sending a txt while on 3g over 2g? Example: less congestion on 3g?

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  #279793 6-Dec-2009 20:10
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No advantages to the end user



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  #279794 6-Dec-2009 20:11
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Would VF rather a txt be sent over 2g or 3g? Or don't care?

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  #279798 6-Dec-2009 20:30
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They don't care - I wouldn't imagine there would be many (if any) people that would purposely change their handset bands just to send a SMS.



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  #279799 6-Dec-2009 20:34
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3G is best for the carrier

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  #279801 6-Dec-2009 20:40
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Here's a scenario; what about if say on New Years the txt network is congested. Would changing from 3g to 2g make any difference?

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  #279808 6-Dec-2009 21:11
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The simplest answer would be no. But there are so many unknown variables in the question.

There are many reasons why SMS's can be delayed, ranging from overloading on an individual site (and 3G has a much higher capacity than GSM) down to congestion within the SMSR's or if you're sending off network the capacity of the links and the SMSC's/SMSR's of the destination network.

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  #279857 7-Dec-2009 06:28
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At the first V8 race in Hamilton I was unable to make or receive calls or texts(network busy). Noticed other people were able to use there's. Turned off 3G and everything worked fine. Shows hows much capacity 3G has!

 
 
 

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  #279861 7-Dec-2009 06:53
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I assume delivery would take the exact same amount of time. But my old Sony Ericsson K610 would take about half the amount of time to send a text on 3G.

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  #279869 7-Dec-2009 07:27
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andrewcnz: At the first V8 race in Hamilton I was unable to make or receive calls or texts(network busy). Noticed other people were able to use there's. Turned off 3G and everything worked fine. Shows hows much capacity 3G has!


This was a config issue not related to capacity over the UU interface issue was from node B to RNC IuB interface they are very different

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  #279967 7-Dec-2009 12:51
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In times of heavy localized congestion (concert, rugby game etc) your call/sms is less likely to be rejected by 2g as it currently handles the radio interface a bit better.

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