Report: Orange admits to limiting 3G speeds in France

by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld.com

Complaints about the speed of the iPhone 3G have become almost commonplace, with users generally blaming the phone for the problems. However, a story on France-Info.com indicates the problems in that country are not Apple’s fault.

France’s iPhone 3G provider, Orange, has admitted to limiting the speeds for third-generation phones to 384kbps. Theoretically, the iPhone 3G should be able to reach speeds 700 Kbps to 1.7 Mbps.

Orange said the speeds weren’t being limited just for the iPhone — all 3G devices were limited to the same slower speed.

Orange has vowed to increase the limit of 3G speeds to 1 megabit per second by September 13.

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