Have you been facing 3G connection issue on your iPhone 3G and bit annoyed about that? Well guess what, you’re not alone. It’s an worldwide issue hence the guys at Wired.com have decided to collect global data on iPhone 3G’s Network Performance Issue.

They’ve created an interactive ZeeMap, and are asking iPhone users around the world to report their iPhone 3G’s 3G and EDGE download and upload speeds. The steps seems to be fairly easy and doesn’t take more than 5 minutes. I’d recommend you to take part in this survey. I am sure you will be interested to see the connection performance difference of iPhone 3G in different parts of the world. You may also find out if you’re one of the unlucky owners of the 2% of 3G bug affected iPhone.

This is what you’ve to do:

1. Make sure iPhone Wi-Fi is turned OFF (Settings–>Wi-Fi–>OFF).

2. Make sure iPhone’s 3G is turned ON. (Settings –> General –> Networks –> 3G –> ON).

3. On your iPhone 3G, point your browser to TestMyiPhone.com and tap Start Test.

4. Under Download Speed Test, tap the 3G button. After the test runs, record the speed in Kbps (in the screenshot example, that’s 171 Kbps).

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5. Repeat step 4 for 3G upload speed.

6. Turn off 3G on the iPhone. (Settings –> Networks –> 3G –> OFF).  Now, on TestMyiPhone.com, tap EDGE for both the download and upload tests and record your data .

7. Scroll up to our Zeemap at the top of this post. Click “Add.” Fill in the Location and Detail fields (see screenshots for examples).

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When you’re done, your addition should look something like this:

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Read more on this on Wired.com.

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