Anyone have this issue. Across numerous OS rev's for some time I have noticed when on the phone I always get only lower case edge and no data throughput capabilities. Very frustrating
With cellular, you can sometimes get passed off to a further away tower when the actual call is made if the closest tower doesn't have the capacity to connect your call. Perhaps the tower you connect to is not 3G.
If you do a search of this site, there is a signalLOC utility that will allow you to see the details and location of the tower you are connecting too.