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T-Mobile's 4G Network, Just HSPA+?

benhollberg

benhollberg

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Recently T-Mobile has been advertising their own 4G network, but I have seen in their ads and on their website that they say it is a HSPA+ network.

T-Mobile offers America's largest 4G network, using HSPA+ technology...
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Does this mean that their 4G network is the same the AT&T has been offering for a long time?
 
It sure does, although maybe slightly faster then AT&T though I'm not sure how fast.
 
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benhollberg said:
Recently T-Mobile has been advertising their own 4G network, but I have seen in their ads and on their website that they say it is a HSPA+ network.

T-Mobile offers America's largest 4G network, using HSPA+ technology...
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Does this mean that their 4G network is the same the AT&T has been offering for a long time?
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AT&T is still rolling out its HSPA+ network.

Where did you read that att has had HSPA+ for years? Or are you referring to 'normal' HSPA?
 
With t-mobile, sprint, at&t and verizon muddying the waters, I would largely ignore the "4g" claims any of them make.

If data speeds are important to you then look at that. T-mobile currently has the fastest downstream speeds with their hspa+ network.

AT&t isn't going to hspa+, they are going LTE
 
Tarzanman said:
With t-mobile, sprint, at&t and verizon muddying the waters, I would largely ignore the "4g" claims any of them make.

If data speeds are important to you then look at that. T-mobile currently has the fastest downstream speeds with their hspa+ network.

AT&t isn't going to hspa+, they are going LTE
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LTE is their '4G' plan. They are currently rolling out HSPA+ as their 'enhanced 3G' and will not be marketing it as '4G'.

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I have seen on YouTube some very fast tmobile HSPA+ download streams of like 5.2Mbps.


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If I recall correctly, AT&T's enhanced HSPA goes up to a theoretical 7.2Mbps while T-Mo's HSPA+ has a theoretical 21Mbps speed.
 
anonymous guy said:
If I recall correctly, AT&T's enhanced HSPA goes up to a theoretical 7.2Mbps while T-Mo's HSPA+ has a theoretical 21Mbps speed.
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Do you happen to know what is the theoretical speed of 4G/LTE?


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chestvrg said:
Do you happen to know what is the theoretical speed of 4G/LTE?


Chester - iPhone using Tapatalk
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heh, that depends on the deployment, the best I've seen on VZW LTE was 32mbit...........but then again it depends on the deployment.
 
Wao thank you, that is pretty much in pair with HSPA+


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TheMacBookPro said:
AT&T is still rolling out its HSPA+ network.

Where did you read that att has had HSPA+ for years? Or are you referring to 'normal' HSPA?
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AT&T on T-Mobile's 4G network in November 2010:
T-Mobile's claims about 4G are based on the same HSPA+ technology we have deployed to 180 million people today, more than T-Mobile's reported 140 million, and we'll have it rolled out to 250 million people by the end of this month...
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Applejuiced said:
I pull 6mbps down and 1-2 upload with AT&T on the regular.
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Good god, do you live IN at&t headquarters?

I've seen 3 Mbps once or twice in my life and I'm far more used to 1.2 on average or maybe 2 on a good day.

And that's talking about a solid dozen cities I often travel to for work. I'm not just talking about my house.
 
Small White Car said:
Good god, do you live IN at&t headquarters?

I've seen 3 Mbps once or twice in my life and I'm far more used to 1.2 on average or maybe 2 on a good day.

And that's talking about a solid dozen cities I often travel to for work. I'm not just talking about my house.
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No, I guess Im lucky to live where their 3G is solid. Wasnt as good a few years back but they seem to have improved.
 

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anonymous guy said:
If I recall correctly, AT&T's enhanced HSPA goes up to a theoretical 7.2Mbps while T-Mo's HSPA+ has a theoretical 21Mbps speed.
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AT&Ts Regular HSPA goes up to 7.2. It's HSPA+ network goes up to 21, just like T-Mobile.

No current phones on AT&T support it's + network as of yet. I'm guessing ip5 will.

HSPA+ is live and active for 250+ million people right now, just no device access as of yet.
 
You'll never pull down that much speed on AT&T's network. There are just too many people with iphones on it.

Part of the reason that T-mobile is the fastest is because they are in 4th place in terms of subscribers.
 
kre62 said:
AT&Ts Regular HSPA goes up to 7.2. It's HSPA+ network goes up to 21, just like T-Mobile.

No current phones on AT&T support it's + network as of yet. I'm guessing ip5 will.

HSPA+ is live and active for 250+ million people right now, just no device access as of yet.
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They do have a USB HSPA+ data stick.

My best with an iPhone 4 was in 5mbit range. My 3gs can barely get into the 3s.
 
It looks like AT&T is going to call their HSPA+ network 4G as well as their LTE.
 
Applejuiced said:
No, I guess Im lucky to live where their 3G is solid. Wasnt as good a few years back but they seem to have improved.
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nice speeds but that ping is shocking >300 ms :eek::eek: in the uk 3 has the best 3g cobverage there speeds are 2-3.4 mbit but thier ping is always inder 150 ms
 
chestvrg said:
Do you happen to know what is the theoretical speed of 4G/LTE?


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therticallt release 8 (advanced lte)brought upto 100 mbit mobile speeds but depends on deployment most are like 10 meg still more than fast enough for a phone tho
 
lsvtecjohn3 said:
I guess when At&t turn on HSPA+ they will have the largest 4G network in the US
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Its on,bro, its live and kicking.

HSPA+ is more or less a firmware upgrade to the existing 3G towers. All towers are now upgraded. Now we just need the phones that can use the tech. Many were announced today.

If ip5 doesnt support +, I'll declare jobs officially out of touch with consumers.
 
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