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Originally Posted by p-slim
WRONG, hspa+ is here in 7 markets and will be ALL OVER THEIR 3G MARKET END OF 2010.
http://ow.ly/1q0K3
"T-Mobile successfully launched its HSPA+ network service in Philadelphia last fall providing customers access to one of the fastest and most modern wireless networks in the U.S. T-Mobile now has made HSPA+ commercially available in new markets including major areas of New York City, New Jersey, Long Island and suburban Washington, D.C., with deployment in Los Angeles coming very soon"
"T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network is outperforming competing 3G wireless networks with speeds up to three times faster. Blazing fast actual peak download speeds3 were demonstrated today in Las Vegas using both new and current mobile broadband devices, including the T-Mobile webConnect Rocket™ USB Laptop Stick, the first HSPA+ capable device from a national U.S .wireless carrier; the Dell Inspiron Mini 10; the HTC HD2; the Motorola CLIQ XT™ and the T-Mobile myTouch® 3G" |
Fair anough. But U still have just a few spots on few cities and the plan to roll out 100 cities is still just a plan. They always say that this will be like this in this time. Does it happen? what T-mo has now is HSPDA which rolled out last january.
http://www.gsmarena.com/tmobile_usa_...-news-1358.php
It's been quite a good week for the T-Mobile subscribers. After becoming the first carrier to get the Google Nexus One Android powerhouse, the company has now upgraded its 3G network to accommodate the increasing demands of modern mobile phones and modems.
Starting today, the entire 3G network of T-Mobile in the United States should be able to provide downlink speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps (currently 3.6 Mbps). We say "should", because user reports suggest that some areas are still stuck with vanilla 3G and its modest (as of year 2010) data throughput.
The answer of the competition also didn't took too long either. Right after the T-Mobiel announcement, AT&T went ahead and announced that they're ready with the HSPA 7.2 Mbps software upgrade of their base stations. They still need to overhaul their cells physically though. The first test markets for the super-duper high-speed data will be the cities of Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, and Miami. Nationwide coverage should be completed in 2011.
Now, which will be the first one to jump on the LTE bandwagon?
Still a long way to go for t-mo, and we are just talking about HSPA+. Not even 4G