AT&T likely skipping 14.4Mbps, moving straight to HSPA+
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Cheese Rations @ Apr 20th 2009 12:31PM
Video streaming/uploading on an iPhone 3g+ (next generation), maybe?
xxavengedxsevenfold13xx @ Apr 20th 2009 6:15PM
Was thinking the exact same thing....
This looks not only like video streaming, but possibly HD Streaming... (iPhone HD?)
Chris @ Apr 21st 2009 12:06PM
Hulu is due out soon, that should solve your needs for video. HD doesnt make sense (iphone screen isnt HD) lol
I hope I hope I hope, AT&T uses some realistic numbers when talking about actual speed ranges. Im hoping for 1mbps.
(This article does not mean youll actually be able to DL at 21mbps!)
Scott @ Apr 20th 2009 1:21PM
I say "BRING IT ON!" I'm already getting fast 3G speeds here in Az. But 7.2Mbps will be nice ;) And HSPA+ sure will hit the spot while the others are trying to bring LTE.
Anon @ Apr 20th 2009 2:15PM
Carriers should be focusing more on coverage and improving real world speeds rather than upgrading to higher theoretical limits. Considering many home cable and DSL connections max out at 5 Mbps, do we really need to go that much faster now? What good is a 7.2 Mbps service when real world speeds only see me get 300 kbps or no coverage at all? Get back to me when real world speeds reach 5 Mbps over HSPA.
zephxiii @ Apr 21st 2009 9:08AM
since 7.2mbit is shared by all users on teh channel..that pretty much does increase real world speeds.........I mean honestly, how do you come up with the idea that boosting theoretical max speeds would have zero effect on average speeds?
reuthermonkey1 @ Apr 21st 2009 9:45AM
@zephxiii - because the HSPA upgrades don't mean crap when they've got a T1 backhaul still. 7.2mbps HSPA hardware is nothing more than expensive marketing hype when 1.5mbps is as fast as you can get on the T1 that ATT seems to have little desire in upgrading.
Jorge Duenas @ Apr 20th 2009 3:16PM
Well at least here in the bay area i do see some decent speed on 3g att, some times it reaches 2.5 mbps down but very poor up of .5 mbps in Oakland, CA. caint wait for an upgrade do.
palmuser @ Apr 20th 2009 5:31PM
if you want fast internet on your phone check out sprints 4g, launches in vegas june/july and speed tests have reports 12mbps on the ground, and 9mbps @ the club on top of the rio!
backbeat @ Apr 21st 2009 11:41AM
WiMax will still rule in more places, why can't they get 3g in more places while they upgrade
Mike @ May 1st 2009 4:46PM
No,no!!hsdpa+
14 is well so maybe a frount face video calling?because they have video calling only one way,but now :D