NO 3G RECEPTION? IS YOUR SIM CARD 3G or 2G? There's your problem.

Dont mention it

This comes from the technical departments of Orange as well as swisscom, which are the two carriers selling the iPhone here:
"The SIM card on swiss GSM/UMTS Networks have as much to do with 3G reception as the color of the sock you are wearing."
"All SIM cards issued in the current millennium will be fully 3G capable no matter what phone you put them in." (That's a direct quote from our swisscom technical contact, he's an leading engineer with the mobile networks group. He's also the one with the socks quote, similar things have already been said here in the discussions.
"All SIM cards issued by Orange Switzerland since we started mobile service are fully 3G capable, but getting the latest generation won't hurt" Orange
FWIW I already had the latest gen SIM card when I got my iPhone and 3G reception was between abysmal and non-existent.

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