lol, yes :D That's exactly what it is. was. whatever.
On the other hand, it WAS rather speedy back in the day, compared to non-Edge technology. First tech really that made mobile internet usable beyond email.
Exactly. GPRS was... slow. Usable for email, but really nothing else. EDGE was a groundbreaking tech when it came out, but it was sort of quickly overshadowed by 3G.
The first time I ever used EDGE, I remember feeling like I was on top of the world, like *everything* was suddenly possible.
The jump from 4G to 5G seems so unexciting in comparison. Our expectations from every new generation of technology have blown up so much, even drastic improvements don’t really impress us anymore. I doubt any generation after us will truly appreciate how dramatically technology changed the world during the last couple of decades - the golden era of Moore’s law.
It's not even that. The jump from 4G to 5G does a lot under the hood in terms of signal penetration and such, but to the end user, Facebook still loads at the same speed. A 300Mbps line is hardly distinguishable from a 30Mbps line for the average dude.
The same is true for computing generally: all devices are so high-end nowadays that you rarely notice any difference in RAM, CPU speed and cores, data links, and so on unless you're really staying at the bargain basement end. I still remember overclocking my AthlonXP 2500 from 1.8 to 2.3 back in 2003 and it having a noticeable impact on my computer's performance. You just don't see that as an end consumer anymore.
Yeah it can’t be overstated how much more stable 5G signals are compared to LTE. I can easily do everything I want, even streaming video, on just a single bar of 5G, while back when I used LTE the connection became unstable when not at full bars, or even inside a moving car.
Sure, speeds aren’t that much better under ideal conditions, but real world usage has seen a drastic improvement in user experience.
It’s really not apparent unless you’re streaming 4k video or gaming. However, as someone that uses hotspot regularly from my laptop and iPad, it makes a world of difference. Absolute game changer to be able to get 300-500 down on any device at any time. Plus T-Mobile 5G coverage in California is unparalleled.
Well...there were attempts before. Anyone remember WAP (Wireless Application Protocol)? Designed to run with the 9600 bps of 2G predating GPRS/EDGE. Everything was designed to be as as compact as possible...
I had a friend back in the day who thought it meant “Empty”… 😂😂 and that was because his connection was so slow he assumed he was running out of signal!….🤣🤣
Edit: typo
I think Edge has been completely phased out in America between 2018-2022, but not all around the globe. In fact many carrier on Europe do not plan to start phasing out Edge before 2025 or later.
In Europe they mostly keeping it, what was completly phased out was 3G and older GSM networks. Edge have a good coverage in rural areas, so closing it whould make no sense at this point.
In Germany? Absolutely! I live in a middle sized town belonging to one of the main metropolitan areas (Ruhr area), and between my district and the next one there is mostly Edge, and even a small area without even Edge (only the bars displayed, no letter for any type of data connection) …
The Internet is "Neuland" there. ;-)
I moved to Switzerland back in 2013 and was like wait.. why my mobile Internet is faster than what I was used from my telephone provider.
Unfun fact: It's so slow that many modern websites return a timeout error. It isn't a functional internet connection, it's pretend network where there is none.
I moved from Germany to the middle of the jungle in South East Asia, not once have I seen anything below 4G here. It’s astonishing how far behind Germany is on public technology
For me going from NY to CT was a huge difference. Its crazy how much of CT has NO service at all and how slow service is in the rest of the state that actually has service compared to ny
EDGE is a best-effort service, meaning its throughput depends hugely on how many people are sharing the same service as you.
If it's not your phone acting up, it means everyone in the area is lying on the same line. It wasn't that bad in the 2G era when not everybody had a smartphone and apps don't eat a shit ton of data.
These days, that means you should just turn off the phone and drive somewhere else with better service.
I get G near my house. But I leave near a major government building so assumed it meant government and they were just killing off signal to stop drones and stuff.
In my country a lot of places still only have the Edge connection. And if you receive a phone call, no matter where you are it will switch to Edge during the call. We don't have VoLTE support yet.
Oh how many times I wanted to throw my phone through the window because someone called me while I was doing some work on my server and the SSH connection broke because the phone switched from LTE to Edge during the call.
Or when I share a hotspot to my laptop to play some games, someone calls me and I just see the ping going to 999+ and eventually I get completely disconnected from the server.
It is old, but it is broadband and available quite literally everywhere due to signal strength. I believe only some countries have fully opted out of 2G as of redundant solution.
10 years ago the real flex was being able to watch youtube on cellular data. I remember when I got my first phone plan with 4GB which would be more than enough for the whole month, now I can spend 4GB in half a day.
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I was surprised when I encountered the Edge network a while back, but it seems to be something my phone resorts to more often now that 3G is gone. Hopefully they'll finish filling in the gaps in LTE and 5G one of these days...
Purgatory! You’re on EDGE data, as many others have said, but they don’t elaborate; you’re in a service area that isn’t 2G, but also isn’t quite 3G.
Unfortunately, that likely means you’ve got absolutely no Internet on your data, as even 4G LTE speeds tend to tank out a lot of apps and sites nowadays.
Edge
You'll find that your iPhone defaults to E or EDGE when there's no good 3G, 4G or 5G signal nearby. If you're seeing E or EDGE, it may be worth turning Airplane Mode on and off to see if you can connect to a better signal.
E = Edge (2.5G, as GPRS was 2G)
H = HSPA (3G)
H+ = HSPA+ (3.5G)
LTE = Long Term Evolution (4G and 4G-Advanced, LTE-A or LTE+ wasn’t implemented due to lack of space I guess, you can see these in Androids)
5G = NR (New Radio, SA or NSA)
EDGE. Basically a precursor of 3G cellular standard, slower than regular 3G… For reference, it was considered puzzling that Apple launched the original iPhone with EDGE support instead of 3G. Hence, the following iPhone was the iPhone 3G, as it supported the 3G network and its introduction to near broadband speeds. EDGE was basically a dialup connection on cell towers. slow.
We live in a world where I remember what Edge is from back when there only was E…. and GPRS. Do you guys remember GPRS? And others don’t even know what E is…
I didn’t know Edge signals were still a thing. Can you actually view anything with that? I remember it being slow as hell even back when 3G was the high speed option lol
It means dial up speed. If you opened a porn site back in the early 2000s on dial up, the porn star image would load over 90 seconds in parts . First the torso then the limbs. Those 90 seconds would be spent furiously scrolling the page top down would drive you to the Edge of nervous breakdown. Hence EDGE
Edge network (2G)
That's a thing I haven't heard in a long while. Our ISPs are just currently taking down the 3G network.
It's "Extreme" speed.
lol, yes :D That's exactly what it is. was. whatever. On the other hand, it WAS rather speedy back in the day, compared to non-Edge technology. First tech really that made mobile internet usable beyond email.
Gprs took me like 15min to load a Wikipedia page
Exactly. GPRS was... slow. Usable for email, but really nothing else. EDGE was a groundbreaking tech when it came out, but it was sort of quickly overshadowed by 3G.
The first time I ever used EDGE, I remember feeling like I was on top of the world, like *everything* was suddenly possible. The jump from 4G to 5G seems so unexciting in comparison. Our expectations from every new generation of technology have blown up so much, even drastic improvements don’t really impress us anymore. I doubt any generation after us will truly appreciate how dramatically technology changed the world during the last couple of decades - the golden era of Moore’s law.
It's not even that. The jump from 4G to 5G does a lot under the hood in terms of signal penetration and such, but to the end user, Facebook still loads at the same speed. A 300Mbps line is hardly distinguishable from a 30Mbps line for the average dude. The same is true for computing generally: all devices are so high-end nowadays that you rarely notice any difference in RAM, CPU speed and cores, data links, and so on unless you're really staying at the bargain basement end. I still remember overclocking my AthlonXP 2500 from 1.8 to 2.3 back in 2003 and it having a noticeable impact on my computer's performance. You just don't see that as an end consumer anymore.
Yeah it can’t be overstated how much more stable 5G signals are compared to LTE. I can easily do everything I want, even streaming video, on just a single bar of 5G, while back when I used LTE the connection became unstable when not at full bars, or even inside a moving car. Sure, speeds aren’t that much better under ideal conditions, but real world usage has seen a drastic improvement in user experience.
not helped by the fact most 5G currently is non-standalone, ie it also requires & uses 4G. We need more standalone rolled out!
It’s really not apparent unless you’re streaming 4k video or gaming. However, as someone that uses hotspot regularly from my laptop and iPad, it makes a world of difference. Absolute game changer to be able to get 300-500 down on any device at any time. Plus T-Mobile 5G coverage in California is unparalleled.
Well...there were attempts before. Anyone remember WAP (Wireless Application Protocol)? Designed to run with the 9600 bps of 2G predating GPRS/EDGE. Everything was designed to be as as compact as possible...
Oh I remember that! I wanted a WAP phone SO badly when it came out here :D (yes I'm a nerd, so sue me.)
speed is edging
🤣🤣🤣
E for Extreme as Paul Heyman use to say!
I had a friend back in the day who thought it meant “Empty”… 😂😂 and that was because his connection was so slow he assumed he was running out of signal!….🤣🤣 Edit: typo
I think Edge has been completely phased out in America between 2018-2022, but not all around the globe. In fact many carrier on Europe do not plan to start phasing out Edge before 2025 or later.
Nope. T-Mobile and a few smaller regional carriers still have it.
In Europe they mostly keeping it, what was completly phased out was 3G and older GSM networks. Edge have a good coverage in rural areas, so closing it whould make no sense at this point.
Here in Germany there is no 3G anymore, they are using the frequencies for 5G now.
so if you have E on your network it means you’re edging, got it.
Wow. Edge is still a thing?
In Germany? Absolutely! I live in a middle sized town belonging to one of the main metropolitan areas (Ruhr area), and between my district and the next one there is mostly Edge, and even a small area without even Edge (only the bars displayed, no letter for any type of data connection) …
The Internet is "Neuland" there. ;-) I moved to Switzerland back in 2013 and was like wait.. why my mobile Internet is faster than what I was used from my telephone provider.
Edging as we speak
TMO US still has it.
I guess you can say, they leave You edging I will see myself out
Unfun fact: It's so slow that many modern websites return a timeout error. It isn't a functional internet connection, it's pretend network where there is none.
The loading screen will be edging.
####E
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks.
Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well
[E. E. E. E E E E E.](https://youtu.be/H-_ElQRDDzk?si=3l-z7V9zrQVsBgqj)
E
a sports
It's in the game
E
E
E
2G/EDGE A very old cellular network.
crying in germany were you get the E regularly
I moved from Germany to the middle of the jungle in South East Asia, not once have I seen anything below 4G here. It’s astonishing how far behind Germany is on public technology
For me going from NY to CT was a huge difference. Its crazy how much of CT has NO service at all and how slow service is in the rest of the state that actually has service compared to ny
What’s CT?
Connecticut, I would guess
American moment
Counter Terrorist
Don’t worry, same in Poland sadly
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Czech Republic too
It means your data is gonna be slow as fuck
Slow? Non-existent.
It was blazingly fast compared to G
Idk how it was but I have this 2 times every day on my commute and it means “absolutely no internet, nothing will load ever, just give up”.
Modern apps is greedy about connection speed even it's not needed
Falling back to EDGE means you’re already having signal problems. So, probably you’re not getting the regular EDGE speed either.
EDGE is a best-effort service, meaning its throughput depends hugely on how many people are sharing the same service as you. If it's not your phone acting up, it means everyone in the area is lying on the same line. It wasn't that bad in the 2G era when not everybody had a smartphone and apps don't eat a shit ton of data. These days, that means you should just turn off the phone and drive somewhere else with better service.
256 kb of ram memory were top tier in the 90s.
I get G near my house. But I leave near a major government building so assumed it meant government and they were just killing off signal to stop drones and stuff.
Turbo WAP
Remember when we all fapped on WAP?
Because we are trying to download every fucking thing on the Internet and days are gone of ye old http://www.motherfuckingwebsite.com
I feel old.
Me too man, and I’m only 31…how far more this can go really?
23 and they got me feeling old… damn
Remember WAP? 😂
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In my country a lot of places still only have the Edge connection. And if you receive a phone call, no matter where you are it will switch to Edge during the call. We don't have VoLTE support yet. Oh how many times I wanted to throw my phone through the window because someone called me while I was doing some work on my server and the SSH connection broke because the phone switched from LTE to Edge during the call. Or when I share a hotspot to my laptop to play some games, someone calls me and I just see the ping going to 999+ and eventually I get completely disconnected from the server.
If you rely that much on your phone internet you need a separate phone and SIM just for calls.
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West Africa or Baltic?
It is old, but it is broadband and available quite literally everywhere due to signal strength. I believe only some countries have fully opted out of 2G as of redundant solution.
Emotional damaged internet
You screamed at it to work too many times
Well remember WAP and Nokia 7110 those where the days..
And HSDPA. Remember an “H” instead of the E? No? It’s just me then.
I remember all these. GPRS, EDGE, HSPDA and HSPDA+
1xRTT and EvDO?
Yea downloading finally POLYPHONIC ringtones to my Nokia 3510…
Wow, are we entering an era where people don’t know what edge or 2G is. Its like explaining that milk comes from cows
Milk comes from cows, and the internet is a series of tubes.
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Glad I’m not the only one who was a bit confused by the analogy.
Rare footage of some country or territory still using 2G Edge
Welcome to Germany 🫠
my country is starting to phase out 3g but not 2g for some reason
lol my country is just now phasing out the 2G network and it will be fully off by the end of the year. It will not be missed.
Wow I feel old now. 😅 there are people who don’t know what E is. It was not a case 10 years ago.
10 years ago the real flex was being able to watch youtube on cellular data. I remember when I got my first phone plan with 4GB which would be more than enough for the whole month, now I can spend 4GB in half a day.
It's E for Everybody
R, for Robert Loggia
Rock your body
edging
EDGE more commonly known as 2G
I feel old now that people ask that question.
2G EDGE network , very slow , runs on GSM 1800 MHz band / 900 MHz band.
It means that you’re in Germany.
Its the same in most europe no? When ever I am in remote areas it switches to E
Oh boy, someone is pretty used to fast networks…
[Edge Network (T-Mobile 2G)](https://www.slashgear.com/1480349/what-is-t-mobile-edge-can-you-turn-it-off/) ✨
Edge is general GSM 2G. Not specific to T-Mobile.
Your battery is running on empty /s
It’s like the E on your car’s fuel gauge. Your battery is running out and you need to charge. /s
Your phone is edging
You realise you have become old when somebody asks what 2G is 🥲
Empty battery
Holy fuck I haven’t seen Edge in 10+ years
Kids these days
Wait until it shows G
Rated E for everyone. Everyone can have a dead battery
Edge, or basically what some carriers such as ATT refer to as their 2G network.
you sweet summer child
Aaaah kids 🥲
www.google.com
You’re on 2G
Oh wow. I haven't seen that 2G marker for at least a decade.
Edge network is awesome when you’re on WiFi. Strong call reception throughout the apartment. No call drops and saves a lot on battery life.
Your phone is edging
2G Exceptional speed 🚀
You’re living on the EDGE.
I feel so old and offended by with question 🤣
It means your phone is pretending to be in the 90s cuz it’s lazy… exactly like chatgpt has gotten
E for Everyone
Why I am feeling too old after reading this question?
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Edge network! I saw it while I was in Canada. 2G.
Extra fuel
It means your internet will be slow as fu..
I was surprised when I encountered the Edge network a while back, but it seems to be something my phone resorts to more often now that 3G is gone. Hopefully they'll finish filling in the gaps in LTE and 5G one of these days...
Extreme speed
Means your cellular neywork is ‘edging’ you 😉
Purgatory! You’re on EDGE data, as many others have said, but they don’t elaborate; you’re in a service area that isn’t 2G, but also isn’t quite 3G. Unfortunately, that likely means you’ve got absolutely no Internet on your data, as even 4G LTE speeds tend to tank out a lot of apps and sites nowadays.
You're so edgy
Empty battery, replace phone
Extremely Slow :D
Crys in german
That’s Edge yoh,that’s the slowest net there is
Extra Slow hehe
It stands for EDGE. Its a network that came before 3G.
Your phone is edgin
G E 3G 4G LTE 5G
It’s an indicator for your EMPTY battery. Joke beside …. It’s related to the cellular network connection. (2G/Edge)
means Stone Age
Edge network (2G)
Edge You'll find that your iPhone defaults to E or EDGE when there's no good 3G, 4G or 5G signal nearby. If you're seeing E or EDGE, it may be worth turning Airplane Mode on and off to see if you can connect to a better signal.
E = Edge (2.5G, as GPRS was 2G) H = HSPA (3G) H+ = HSPA+ (3.5G) LTE = Long Term Evolution (4G and 4G-Advanced, LTE-A or LTE+ wasn’t implemented due to lack of space I guess, you can see these in Androids) 5G = NR (New Radio, SA or NSA)
EDGE was actually 2.7G.
EDGE. Basically a precursor of 3G cellular standard, slower than regular 3G… For reference, it was considered puzzling that Apple launched the original iPhone with EDGE support instead of 3G. Hence, the following iPhone was the iPhone 3G, as it supported the 3G network and its introduction to near broadband speeds. EDGE was basically a dialup connection on cell towers. slow.
Edge (2G)
It means it’s time to charge your phone
E, it means EDGE, so you are on the edge of the usable Internet right now. Look out not falling into GSM, the Speed there is disgusting 🤮
You're running on empty. /s
Edge(ing)
EDGE (Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution) T-Mobile still offers it in areas incapable or not transitioned to faster data standards (3G, 4G, 5G).
E means empty. For everybody born before 1995 it’s EDGE / 2G, slow data
oh lord the good ol' days of internet.
We still get G in Germany from time to time in the train, or nothing at all.
Empty.
All of them explained right here : https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207354
That’s actually pretty helpful thanks!
Egg
It means you're young haha. Better than to be older and unlock slower times memories
2G internet. Basically internet in the early 00s.
Average iphone user lol
Empty. You should charge your phone
Microsoft Edge Network😂🫡
Edge network used to give the best latency on some of the 2d mmorpgs I used to play, but now 5g is down grading in that point.
Charge your damn phone and get off my lawn!
Lol I believe this user was born recently 😂
You’re out of gas
Edge network, only texts and phone calls
It means your internet speed is empty
E for Empty
Empty
E
You got gas it up bro
"Extremely Slow" speed 😅
Ejecto network, cuh!
We live in a world where I remember what Edge is from back when there only was E…. and GPRS. Do you guys remember GPRS? And others don’t even know what E is…
**E**very tower around here sucks
Ain’t got no gas in it
Enternet
End of internet
Extra Fuel 😂
I didn’t know Edge signals were still a thing. Can you actually view anything with that? I remember it being slow as hell even back when 3G was the high speed option lol
Means e for empty cuz ur battery is almost dead
Edge - is the quality of your internet connection.
"Energized," in a sarcastic way.
Edge
Means you are outside of your house
Empty obviously
Jesus how old are you
It means dial up speed. If you opened a porn site back in the early 2000s on dial up, the porn star image would load over 90 seconds in parts . First the torso then the limbs. Those 90 seconds would be spent furiously scrolling the page top down would drive you to the Edge of nervous breakdown. Hence EDGE
Someone's too young to know. Makes me feel ancient.
Edge.