T-Mobile 7.2Mbps HSPA rolling out now?
By Ross Miller 
posted November 4th 2009 11:27PM
posted November 4th 2009 11:27PM
Reports are coming in, by and large it seems via Android and Me, that T-Mobile's begun its rollout of its 7.2Mbps HSPA network for some extra speedy mobile browsing. We've done some testing in the listed cities, notably Chicago and New York, but so far are coming up with the usual, mundane speeds. It'd certainly make up for yesterday's snafu (almost), but at this point we're classifying as unconfirmed. Anyone else having better luck?
sorry for the newbness, would this mean faster speeds on the g1? or is this some other kind of network
It's the same network, but you need the hardware to support it, and I do believe the G1 does 7.2.
i just did it (went to mobile speed test.com) my results were 1066.667kbps are those 7.2mb speeds?
ok sorry for the double post but i just tether my g1 to my computer and i think the rumors are true!!!!
my download speed is 4mb/s
my upload is 1mb/s
1066.667kbps=1.06mb
So no, 1mb=!7.2mb
Those would be HSDPA 1.8 speeds
Yeah, sounds iffy.
it means your 1yr old g1 just got a whole lot faster than that other phone.
tmobile g1 rooted cm4.231
chicago, il
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my speed is 1159.42 kbps. on the speed link given it shows in between fast 3G and basic DSL
@kcin Now I have your phone number. Thanks for that link.
What bands is T-Mobile's HSPA running on? Is the Nokia 5800 XM compatible? Here are the band specs for that phone:
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - American version
Thanks.
Just did it on the mobilespeedtest.com:
2963kbps
Los Angeles Area. If the upgrade was the cause of the tmo outage, I say can they up it more higher please!
well i guess at&t will have to change their slogan......the nations 2nd fastest 3G network
or maybe they can just sell the slogan to t-mobile.
oh and i must say, If project black turns out to be true, that + HSPA = Bitchin'
Well technically it's still legal for them to continue running the same commercial if it was true when they made it, even if it isn't true anymore. So as long as they don't come out with any new commercials, they don't really have to. Besides, I'm not sure how they decide who's the fastest. If you count it as the maximum speed in the spot with the best reception, then any of them could just make one tower with really fast speeds and claim they have the fastest. They should count speed times the area of coverage, because that's what really matters.
LOL!
theres a map for that!
Did I just go back in time?! I believed 3G networks were already capable of 7.2Mbps and that I was already using it?
Or Americans only just got this 'speed boost'?
Fail!
its a sad day wen tmobile beats att to the punch...
at&t is too busy fighting with verizon to upgrade their 3G to 7.2, you cant expect them to multitask.
@Manny
AT&T is quite like the fruit phone they carry. They can only handle one task at a time.
Yeah, AT&T can only run one app at a time :)
You beat me to the punch by mere seconds.
Manny's joke was funny before the two above thought they figured out a pun that no one else will
@JT
I was making a true-life comparison involving the carrier and the equipment they peddle. You must be a blast at your friends’ parties.
This would certainly be cool :)
Of course I live in a rural town in Minnesota so EDGE is all I get haha. But I'll celebrate for the people who can take advantage of it!
haha nice, i got 4301 Kbps. I now forgive t-mobile for that "snafu" from yesterday!
Now yesterday's snafu might make sense! perhaps it happened because of the rollout?
yea obviously someone flipped a switch, probably the wrong switch yesterday but now they got it right. :]
T-Mobile is definitely doing it for the lulz
If you're not seeing anything faster in one of the reported areas reboot your phone then try again and it should work
i gettin 4000KBPS in da house and i didnt get any downtime yesterday.
WOW! 4000Kbps is what Sprint Wimax users are getting on average. What's the point of 4G wimax when 3.5G can get you the same speeds for less money.
Uhh, 4G can theoretically scale to 170Mbps. 3G tops out at around 42Mbps. And even though we'll never hit those theoretical speeds, typical 4G speeds may be around 10-12Mbps per device, which should be plenty fast for 99% of people (though I am doubting they'll have the bandwidth in their backhaul for constant download speeds like that, burst transfers like loading a webpage should be snappy).
@ dagamer43
of course 4G has much higher theoretical speeds, but at the present time Sprints wimax average speeds are around 4-6Mbps and there's no wimax phone to use it on.
@Manny
Because Sprint uses EV-DO for their 3G network instead of HSPA like AT&T and T-Mobile. Right now, Sprint and Verizon are on EV-DO Revision A. I believe a revision B was developed, but by that time, WiMAX was well known and LTE was known to be coming soon.
So Sprint went with WiMAX instead seeing as it would be more future proof by being able to upgrade up to 4G speeds. Verizon has started building their LTE network now and should start to come out in a few cities in the next year or 2. Sprint has rolled out WiMAX in like 10+ cities I believe. And AT&T is having enough trouble building their 3G network to worry about 3.5G or 4G.
Also, Sprint and Verizon have been fully 3G for way longer than AT&T and T-Mobile, so I'd imagine their itching to move on to the next best thing already.
I don't know if I would go as far as to say sprint and verizon have been full 3g, EVDO can't even handle voice and data at the same time. Although I do love my Sprint service everything plans are the way to go.
@Manny
Actually 4-6Mbps is guaranteed not just the average. That and the 3G network that is 25x the size of Tmobile's...
Did you remember to turn wifi off before you ran that test in your house?
MN 3G running the 3 meg mobile speed test pulling in 1700-2847 kbps...
Nice going TMO. Up the speeds for some, but you still can't finish rolling out anything but edge for 3/4 of the country
I agree. I'm on AT&T now and I wish I could go back to T-Mobile, but without 3G in my area I won't even consider it.
Definately seeing Faster speeds in Michigan! This is Exciting definitely would explain yesterday. - D
Nice speeds, though WiMAX is better.
Wonder who'll get to my hometown first...Clear 4G or T-Mobile 7.2 HSPA. Clear would be the winner there on speed but if T-Mobile gets there first...
Wimax is only available on laptop connect cards, so it wouldn't be much use unless that is what you plan on using it for. I rather have 7.2 which we can take full advantage of right now with the current phones.
I believe I read that Sprint is intending to introduce Wimax phones next year.
I'm curious to see what kind of battery life a WiMAX phone would get.
If next year, WiMAX successor to the Pre? Fingers crossed!
Hey my iPhone supports more than 1mbit I am getting right now. I don't need 7.2 at least give me the 3mbit my iPhone 3G can support CMON
Aw come ON.. First I want to move from my iPhone 3G to the Droid on Verizon... Now this? Well, I guess I can just move my iPhone to T-Mo and save a few hundred bucks.
All in all its nice to see stuff like this because *hopefully* it should cause everyone to step up their game.
You do realize that an unlocked iphone on Tmobiles network does not have the ability to use 3G so you would be losing speed.