Comment 3 for bug 1245951

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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote :

The set of symbols defined in <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Networking#phone-indicator> is not sacrosanct. The goal is to convey, to someone familiar with a carrier, why their data speed on that carrier has suddenly changed. For example, my carrier+phone connect with 3G in some locations, Edge in others, and GPRS in others, and I have learned that some apps are not worth trying to use with anything less than 3G.

So if the list has connection types that are either missing or redundant, please let me know. If there exists a range chart showing the speeds achieved by the various connection types, and/or the combinations of types typically provided by a carrier, that would also help me understand how useful the distinctions are.