Jan <c3derp0nd@gmail.com> wrote:
> At the Cingular store the display placard says the HTC Cingular 8125
> is supposed to use the Edge network so it should move data at
> broadband speeds but I can only get GPRS.


EDGE is not available in all locations that GPRS is.
How are you deciding that you are only getting GPRS?
The owners' guide shows only a "G" icon for GPRS or EDGE.

> Also, I had dial-up for many years and now I have 3MB DSL (at home), and
> the GPRS is usually as slow as 56K dialup, not even cllose to broadband.

GPRS will be somewhere around 30-40kbps. EDGE could be 100-150kbps.
Neither of those is close to DSL speeds, nor expected to be.
Cingular Broadband Connect is HSDPA, not EDGE.

http://www.cingular.com/midtolarge/network


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