Cannot turn off 3G on most recent phone/operating system.

I have had my iPhone 4 for just under a month and I've got the most recent osi 4 update. I've just come home from uni but in my house I have very little 3G signal and so I keep getting interrupted every five minutes with my phone telling me I've lost 3G signal. I know this and cause I have wifi I was wondering how I can just turn my 3G off.
I've looked online and everywhere says go to settings>network>disable 3G. However, I do not have this option!!! What do I do!? I'm getting really stressed out
Thanks

First time I recall seeing this reported here.
Any change after powering your iPhone off and on and/or after a reset, which is done by pressing and holding the home button and the sleep/wake or on/off button simultaneously until you see the Apple logo and then release ignoring the slide to turn off prompt when doing so?
If 3G network access is on and you are in an area where the carrier's 3G network is not available or has very low reception, the iPhone should switch to the carrier's EDGE or GPRS network automatically. If cellular reception is very low and in and out regardless, there is no point in leaving cellular reception on which will burn up the battery trying to maintain the connection. You can Enable Airplane mode followed by turning on wi-fi access leaving Airplane mode enabled for cellular access.

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