Re: T-Mobile HSDPA & HSPA+ VS. Sprint WiMax 4g
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Originally Posted by mplsfalls1973
(Post 1790804)
No offense, but there is a difference between theoretical speed and actual speeds. My 802.11g router claimed speeds of 54Mbps but I doubt any of us have gotten anywhere close to those speeds. At some point hardware becomes the limitation. I guess we will all have to wait and see how things come out, but until I get some speed tests from an actual mobile phone I will be hesitant to believe any claimed speeds.
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You do get close to 54mbits a sec..remember its "megabits" not "megabytes" so 6.75mb a sec..on my laptop I transfer a file around 5mb a sec at max...considering headers and back and forth the speeds are around there..of course this is pretty short range communication with little obstacles.
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Originally Posted by JQuill
(Post 1788841)
And yes we all know who has the evo. We also all know who is paying out the ass for a phone that's only unique feature is an 8mp camera and video out.
Sprint's WiMax 4g has a max download speed of 10mbps....HSDPA has a download speed of 7.2mbps....HSPA+ has a download speed of 20+mbps
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Well wimax can peak at 75mbps...sprint just limits it..but the advantage in wimax is not just speed but lower ping. Even at 10mbp/sec you can watch hd movies already streamed and many other things...I mean Ive been using a 10mbps connection for quite a few years and recently updated to 30mbps and I notice its not much of a big deal...aka only a few situations do I even get 2mb/sec dlds which is still 16mbps and not 30mbps...usually my dld is at 1mb/sec which is still below 10mbps...
This has to do with the limitations on the bandwidth sources...so right now its not a game of speed (until they can get 1gb a sec of course)...but a game of lowering the ping...which wimax wins out in...still HSPA+ is a great addition to the T-Mobile collection.. |
