general observation and I could be totally wrong but... a quick look at the relative merits of HSUPA and HSDPA suggests that both require a 3G+ environment to work well. Could it be that 3G+ cover in your area is patchy or even non existent?
If I recall correctly UK 3G+ is known as 3.5G over here in Spain and coverage is generally very poor in both countries.
Given that in the UK Telecomms companies are pushing the new 4G system when a heck of a lot of the UK has no little or no 3G cover, could it be that they are just covering the cracks? My OH is based in Southsea, Portsmouth and struggles to get basic 3G cover from any of the UK operators.
Its just a point but might I ask Why Nokia? There are a hell of a lot of unremoveable bloatware apps included some of which are running in the background all the time and a lot of the apps that you might consider loading yourself are incompatible with the Symbian O.S. (flightradar24 for instance...!)
I bought my first smartphone about a year ago, a Nokia C6, and frankly the only good thing about it is the camera. The rest of it is total crap... Wifey swears by Blackberry, and her kids use Samsungs of one ilk or another.
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