Orange Has Been Throttling iPhone 3G

If you’re in France and feel that your iPhone 3G is browsing the net rather slowly, you might want to glare in Orange’s direction. While they may not like to admit certain things, they have seen fit to admit that they’ve been throttling the iPhone 3G’s speed in France. While users in Germany can happily hit 1.8Mbps on their iPhone, users in France rarely seem to hit 400Kbps, which sure doesn’t sound too fun. The good news is that Orange has promised that they will increase 3G data speeds to 1Mbps on September 15th. Should they be forgiven for their throttling? Only time (and their subscribers) will tell.