Worse 3G reception after 2.0.2

I applied the update, did a hard reboot of the phone, and headed out for the night. In places I was getting great 3G reception before the latest update, I am now hardly getting service. This is truly crazy. In my NYC apartment I had always got 3 -5 bars and now I am barely getting 3G. And, no, this is not a question of just the number of bars. Before the update I could make calls with very few drops in my apt and now I am getting "called failed" more times than not.

Same here in Jersey City. 2.0.2 broke our two iPhones!
Reliable 3G data is non-existent now.
The iPhone 3G, if you dare to turn on 3G, is superfast data for five minutes and then it just slowly degrades into non-responsiveness.
You can get it back by turning 3G off and then on again -- but who wants to do that every 20 minutes?
2.0.2 forced us to turn off 3G on both phones for good and I am at a loss for words (and data!) now.
What a mess.

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