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OFB is reporting inside knowledge of AT&T plans to downgrade the band that current iPhone 2G/EDGE users are operating on. According to OFB’s Timothy Butler, AT&T is downgrading its EDGE/2G service to the weaker 1900 MHz band. AT&T’s response to his inquiry about what those with now slower phones? Buy a new phone.

In a nutshell, the weaker band means less bars in less places, like inside homes and offices and, out of the way regions — like maybe where you are?

Others are wondering what will happen to iPhone 3G users in 2G-only areas. Will AT&T leave the 850 band for them until 3G rolls in? And what about users switching to 2G to save battery life? Will it now come at the expense of their signal?

It appears that the newer friendlier AT&T may now be a thing of the past. Welcome to the older/meaner AT&T that those of us who have been with them for a while all remember and quickly grew to hate.

Death Star AT&T logo C/O Wired.com

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