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More news about T Mobile (U.S) 3G upgrades

ztmike

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Feb 3, 2010
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T-Mobile to Rollout the Nation’s Fastest 3G Wireless Network with HSPA+ to More than 100 Metropolitan Areas in 2010

A quote from the article

major areas of New York City, New Jersey, Long Island and suburban Washington, D.C., with deployment in Los Angeles coming very soon.

By the end of 2010, T-Mobile expects to have HSPA+ deployed across the breadth of its 3G footprint, covering more than 100 metropolitan areas and 185 million people.


Anyone in the areas above that now have HSPA+? What speeds are you seeing?
 
Anyone in the areas above that now have HSPA+? What speeds are you seeing?
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wouldn't really matter... as the Nexus sadly does not support HSPA+...

even with the so called 7.2 Mbps upgrade from a couple months ago, I still cannot get about 1.0 Mbps.... usually .9 Mbps (900 kbps) max... if the backhaul lines are the bottle neck, doesn't matter what speeds the towers provide... and again... even if running at full HSPA+ speeds, the nexus would max out at 7.2 anyways... as it's only HSPA (actually HSDPA), not +

Nexus One Phone - Feature overview & Technical specifications
 
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wouldn't really matter... as the Nexus sadly does not support HSPA+...

even with the so called 7.2 Mbps upgrade from a couple months ago, I still cannot get about 1.0 Mbps.... usually .9 Mbps (900 kbps) max... if the backhaul lines are the bottle neck, doesn't matter what speeds the towers provide... and again... even if running at full HSPA+ speeds, the nexus would max out at 7.2 anyways... as it's only HSPA (actually HSDPA), not +

Nexus One Phone - Feature overview & Technical specifications

I didn't even know there WAS something between HSDPA and 4g.

What's the reason we can't get this +?
 
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wouldn't really matter... as the Nexus sadly does not support HSPA+...

even with the so called 7.2 Mbps upgrade from a couple months ago, I still cannot get about 1.0 Mbps.... usually .9 Mbps (900 kbps) max... if the backhaul lines are the bottle neck, doesn't matter what speeds the towers provide... and again... even if running at full HSPA+ speeds, the nexus would max out at 7.2 anyways... as it's only HSPA (actually HSDPA), not +

Nexus One Phone - Feature overview & Technical specifications

Yes, the Nexus doesn't support HSDPA+, BUT it does support HSDPA 7.2. In real world speeds of HSDPA+ you will probably see 3-5mbps down anyway. So it doesn't really matter if the Nexus doesn't support higher than 7.2.

The 7.2 upgrade T Mobile did was just the software upgrade on their end..they never put in the backhaul to support it, which in return is why you are still seeing the slower speeds.
 
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