Originally Posted by
x1234
I haven't had this problem with AT&T international roaming in China (which essentially bypasses the firewall since it tunnels back to AT&T's APN) but then again I haven't been to China in 2 years.
My guess is that their Huawei WCDMA network is oversold. Now it certainly isn't a equipment problem since the same Huawei equipment is used in Canada and Europe without any problems (they innovated with IP RAN). I guess they really need to increase cell site density. I believe Unicom's network in the major cities in China is already the latest 21Mbps which also increases spectral efficiency.
Yeah, I'm not sure if the people on here who live in China have noticed how much worse it's gotten, but it's definitely gotten a lot worse than the last time I was there (1.5-2 years ago). Just like you don't notice your own kids getting taller, they probably don't notice how many connectivity dropouts they've gotten. I'm like the uncle from out of town who comes in and sees the kids and notices that they've grown a lot since the last time I saw them.
Originally Posted by
travelinmanS
The judges are the government. Unicom is the government. You're a foreigner. Good Luck.
I don't even have a case. I got a prepaid SIM and Unicom didn't hold me to any contract and not let me out without paying a penalty. Obviously I'd suggest that a local person, who bought an iPhone on a contract and couldn't leave without paying a penalty would sue Unicom over the penalty payment, if Unicom refused to waive it. This was essentially the crux of the issue with the Cingular lawsuit: it wasn't the crappy service that Cingular was penalized for, it was charging customers for breaking their contracts to escape their crappy service. Very limited in scope, actually. And Cingular was merely ordered to refund the early termination fees to customers, but not the service fees. If customers chose to stick around and not cancel, they received no refunds whatsoever.