- September 24, 2009 7:27 am
Lovers of the speedy wireless spectrum that belongs to T-Mobile U.S.A. have some new breathing room and grasslands to stretch their legs on. Specifically, T-Mobile customers in Columbia, Durham, Greensboro, Raleigh, and Winston-Salem, N.C. as well as Greenville, S.C., and Escondido and Oceanside, CA should be noticing greatly improved browsing speeds as well as a nifty “3G”/”H”/”U” symbol on their phone’s display signifying the up tick in speeds. Even though they’re a bit late to the game, it is nice none the less. Cut the cords and browse away.
MobileCrunch
- September 23, 2009 6:51 am
The back and forth movement of T-Mobile USA’s statements in regards to their 4G plans is enough to give most people whiplash. First they’re holding off, instead employing HSPA+ as a nice speed bump along the way. Next minute they’re (their parent company, Deutsche Telekom more precisely) making deals to light 4G services with Clearwire and Metro PCS. Clearwire whom has been cited saying that they needed more money to continue the rollout of 4G services, would have most of their current monetary problems solved with a $2 billion donation from their new friend, Deutsche Telekom. That is if they can manage to keep negotiations and agreements straight.
Worries of available spectrum can be put to rest however as Clearwire CEO Bill Morrow when interviewed by Giga OM’s Om Malik stated that they (Clearwire) “have plenty of spectrum and are flexible enough for new partners and adaptations”. Does T-Mobile’s recent Philliy dwelling, 21Mbps HSPA+ service enough to satisfy your mobile needs for now or are you ready for 4G? Leave your impressions inside.
Giga OM
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- September 21, 2009 9:29 am
Mobile internet junkies on China Huawei’s network have reason to celebrate. The arrival of 56Mbps download speeds has arrived. While here in the U.S., AT&T brags about 7.2 Mbps speeds, Huawei is ushering in the next gen now by actually putting dollars towards their network in a timely fashion. Current users of Huawei’s fourth gen and 38xx series base stations can take advantage of this new found speed with a simple software upgrade. *Super* Even more impressive and interesting however is the fact that the official HSPA+ spec maxes out at 42Mbps yet Huawei is somehow tapping 56Mbps. Indeed interesting. What kind of tom foolery are they doing behind the scenes to push past this limit? Surpassing the official specs is a sure bet. If it is in fact using unofficial specs, any guesses as to the reliability of the network?
Source: Cellular-News
The next time you want to toot your own, Red, White, and Blue color horn in regards to broadband speeds here in the states, look at the chart above and remember one thing…we lag…greatly. It’s a joke. A joke that isn’t funny. Why we are so far behind is beyond me. Lets hope to god congress updates the “official” classification of broadband as something that is faster than the now grossly antiquated quote of 222kbps. Whether or not you’re “giving it your all”, 19th place sucks plain and simple. Heck, South Korea has a goal of 1Gbps speeds for all individual homes means the U.S. is even more out of touch with internet and anything remotely close to real home broadband.
Source: Tech Digest
- February 6, 2009 10:09 pm
So you’re super excited about your 3.6Mbps HSDPA download speeds. Vodafone Portugal wants you to know that that is crap compared to what they have…16Mbps baby! Imagine the speed at which you can download music, movies, and god knows what else while you’re on the go. To take it even one step further, Voda claims that using MIMO technology the top speed can theoretically reach 28.8Mbps! Talk about fast…and battery killer. You better have a 30lb. fuel cell strapped to your back if you plan on using that speed on anything mobile. Sadly no word on a release to normal people or price but it does give us mere mortals something to look forward to in our meager lives.
Source: Engadget Mobile, RCR Wireless
While our current joke of a government crawls along thinking 222Kbps is “broadband”, other countries are upping that number daily. Today’s story…Korea. Over the next 3 years, the Korea Communications Commission will be spending $24 billion on building out a 1Gbps network to allow insanely fast downloads. How fast? The 2 hour movie that took you 40-50 minutes today will take you 10-12 seconds in Korea by 2012! The only bad part about this is that only larger cities will have access to the 1Gbps speeds while smaller cities and rural areas will have to “make-do” with 50-100Mbps speeds. Shoot, I wish our download speeds here in the states were half of the “loner” group in Korea. Sadly, by the time 1Gbps speeds come to the mass public the latest craze will have moved on to tele transporters and flying cars.
Source: Gizmodo
