AT&T Announces Rollout Plans for 7.2 Mbps 3G Service

[worldviewpr]

upgrade of iphone

what did you get?

I basically spent 3GS money for a $59 3G with camera. I debated whether to wait for 2010, but when you skip every other generation, it was time.

But AT&T and Apple should both be sued in class action for false advertisement and not delivering what was promised.

 

[NightStorm]

I basically spent 3GS money for a $59 3G with camera. I debated whether to wait for 2010, but when you skip every other generation, it was time.

But AT&T and Apple should both be sued in class action for false advertisement and not delivering what was promised.

What was promised?

 

[MorphingDragon]

What was promised?

MMS and Tethering at the iPhone 3GS Launch.

 

[tonywalker23]

I wish AT&T would start rolling out 3G in Anderson, SC. They do not even have the slow 3G here yet....

Amen to that. Every time I've asked them at the Anderson store they just say something later than the last time I asked

 

[catskinsox]

Amen to that. Every time I've asked them at the Anderson store they just say something later than the last time I asked

It's live in Anderson, SC as of tonight! Finally!

 

[libertyforall]

So when they say Chicago, how far does that extend into the suburbs? Are there maps available defining the boundaries of the major city deployments???

 

[diamond.g]

So when they say Chicago, how far does that extend into the suburbs? Are there maps available defining the boundaries of the major city deployments???

The maps wouldn't show the lines very well since the size of the cell changes depending on how many users are active on it at any given time.

 

[Dainin]

Why don't they just go straight to LTE now and skip 7.2?

 

[diamond.g]

Why don't they just go straight to LTE now and skip 7.2?

They don't have any compelling reason to.

 

[kdarling]

Why don't they just go straight to LTE now and skip 7.2?

It would cost a huge amount more to do. Despite the marketing talk of evolutions, each generation of GSM is a fairly large change for carriers.

Basically, ATT has to take care of two coexisting networks already: the original GSM-GPRS with TDMA radios and the later UMTS-3G with WCDMA radios. Supporting UMTS-LTE would add another.

For LTE, they would have to add OFDMA radios at every cell, and implement a new IP based backend network.

(Verizon's still on its first CDMA network, since they didn't start with GSM, so adding LTE is only their first coexisting network.)