T-Mobile Expanding HSPA+ Markets Today!

Today, T-Mobile is announcing the expansion of its HSPA+ network, bringing the total number of cities covered to 25 and total customers covered to 75 million by the end of June.  Covered are T-Mobile customers in  Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, Seattle, Tampa, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Charlotte, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, New Orleans and Charleston.  In addition, HSPA+ has been expanded to Bentonville, Ark..  Anderson, S.C.  and Fayetteville, N.C. are now good to go for HSPA+ service.  For those of you looking to take advantage of these newly released speeds, perhaps the Nokia E73 is the worth a look as it will be available in stores today.  If that doesn’t suit your fancy, perhaps the myTouch Slide or the Garminfone will fulfill your desires.  On the other hand, perhaps the webconnect Rocket will be your choice for serious on-the-go browsing pleasure.  Does this sound like a marketing commercial or what?

Seriously though, T-Mobile is working to rapidly expand their HSPA+ footprint to ensure that customers can enjoy 4G-like speeds.  The company remains committed to its goal of 100 major metropolitan launches by the end of the year!

Check out the full press release below!

T-Mobile Expands Super-Fast Network and Availability of T-Mobile® webConnect Rocket™ USB Laptop Stick to Cover 25 Major Metropolitan Areas

BELLEVUE, Wash. — June 16, 2010 — Today, T-Mobile USA, Inc. announced the expansion of its super-fast mobile broadband network, now offering 4G speeds1 to more than 25 major metropolitan areas across the U.S., and expects to cover more than 75 million Americans with HSPA+ by the end of June. Complementing the network expansion is the availability of the

T-Mobile® webConnect Rocket™ USB Laptop Stick, the first HSPA+ capable device from a national U.S. wireless carrier, in T-Mobile retail stores in these new areas.

Now HSPA+ and the T-Mobile® webConnect Rocket™ USB Laptop Stick are available in major metropolitan areas across the country including Los Angeles; Dallas; Atlanta; Houston; Seattle; Tampa and Orlando, Fla.; Pittsburgh; Charlotte, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem, N.C.; Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Okla.; New Orleans; and Charleston, S.C. In addition, HSPA+ has been expanded to Bentonville, Ark.; Anderson, S.C.; and Fayetteville, N.C. T-Mobile’s HSPA+ mobile broadband service is already live in New York; Philadelphia; Las Vegas; Memphis; Upstate New York; Connecticut; Providence, R.I.; and the Washington, D.C., suburbs.

“T-Mobile has rolled out HSPA+ service to more than 25 major metropolitan areas in four month’s time, as we drive towards having the most pervasive mobile broadband network delivering 4G speeds in the country,” said Neville Ray, senior vice president of Engineering and Operations for T-Mobile USA. “T-Mobile is delivering unprecedented value to our customers with the availability of a super-fast mobile broadband experience combined with compelling and affordable devices and data plans.”

T-Mobile’s rapidly expanding HSPA+ mobile broadband footprint makes it easy for customers to enjoy 4G speeds on the HSPA+-enabled T-Mobile® webConnect Rocket™ USB Laptop Stick. In addition, T-Mobile currently has 15 3G devices that can benefit from enhanced speeds when they’re on the HSPA+ network, including the newest smartphone available from T-Mobile today — the Nokia E73 Mode.
T-Mobile has made considerable progress in the number of areas with faster mobile broadband — and expects to continue this aggressive pace to deliver HSPA+ speeds in 100 major metropolitan areas with backhaul in place, covering 185 million people in the U.S. by the end of this year.

“With the rapid expansion of its HSPA+ network this year, T-Mobile is in a great position of being able to deliver high-speed data service to a broader number of customers today,” said Peter Jarich, principal analyst, Wireless Infrastructure, Current Analysis. “Ultimately, consumers don’t care what technology powers the network they’re using — they care about the quality and experience of their mobile data service, the cost of those services, and the devices available to access them. HSPA+ has the potential to deliver higher data rates across a broader lineup of devices in the next one to two years than competing technologies.”
For more information on where T-Mobile network service is available, please visit
http://t-mobile-coverage.t-mobile.com/coverage.

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  • http://cliqandroid.info magma9495

    Ft.lauderdale / Miami area please, were kinda big!… :D

    • Dashi

      I’m Thinking The Same About Phoneix I Mean Yah Most The Ppl In Az Are Old Farts But Come ON!!!

      • http://squarecat.com Scott B

        Sadly, that’s not entirely off-base.

        I kid you not, the first places I observed true 3G speeds were in the NON-active adult type retirement communities just outside Phoenix.

        Then the new, and mostly vacant, “high end” strip malls.

        Then it was found in areas that, shall we say, weren’t exactly the “high speed internet on your phone is a priority” type areas. (Spare me any high and mighty judgement, because you know exactly what I’m talking about – and we’re talking income, not race.)

        Finally, it was out in the foreclosurevilles (where some of us still live and pay our bills on time.)

        Not that I’m surprised Phoenix is treated like the read-headed stepchild. I mean, we kinda are…

      • http://squarecat.com Scott B

        (yes yes, *red-headed*…)

    • brandon

      There was a chart out a few months ago saying that TMo’s 3g speed was the fast of all carries in the Phoenix area. Maybe that plays into why we are still getting the shaft.

  • zmoboss

    Tested in Orange County … consistently getting 4+ MBPS downloads and 1.01 Mbps upload …. but strangely there is no “H” … only “3G” … does HD2 stock rom even display “H” ???
    thx
    z

    • blankman

      where in Orange County are you? just tried with my HD2 in Irvine, and not getting it or anything close. Also, what are you using to test the speed? I’m using my tethered iPad.

    • PHONE FREAK

      The H symbol isn’t programmed into the original HD2′s software; or any other phones that came out before it. New ROMs may have it installed though.

    • J-Hop2o6

      Tmobile’s ROM disables that H symbol.. same thing for my TP2.. but once i loaded it up with a custom ROM, i got the H once tmobile rolled out the HSPA software upgrade.. so i suggest doin a google search on “enable H symbol HD2″ or just load it up with a custom ROM from XDA.

  • Tony

    any word on the Denver metro? I experienced the HSPA+ goodness recently when on vacation in Connecticute/NYC and it is glorious. Can’t wait for it to be in my area.

    • Bimmerz

      I was wondering the same thing Tony – especially since a manager at the T-mo store I was in a few days ago, said that Denver had just gotten HSPA+ the week before. Clearly NOT the case! As I just viewed the map coverage, and it says; “Coming Soon”.

      Hopefully by end of summer? As I plan to get a new phone soon, and it would be a nice addition. :)

  • Scuzzy19

    Uhm seriously where is Chicago????? hard to believe this wasn’t one of the planned expansion cities :(

    • Eric

      I agree where is Chicago?

      • MB

        Chicago will be completed near the end of summer. We will have it soon guys!!!

    • Nick

      What a joke….. T-mobile doesn’t give a shi% about us. 3G here is garbage and now this.. WTF!!!!!!!

    • trdjohn

      Totally agree, how did we get left off the list? Couple weeks ago rep at Yorktown location said engineers had June 15 as target date for Chicago HSDPA. Guess they missed that. I’ve occasionally seen HSDPA in Settings –> Status, but it comes & goes at random both in the city & suburbs and never gotten above 1800 kbps, guess when my contract is up later this summer & they don’t have it running by then, I’m bolting to Sprint for the EVO & dropping the Nexus.

      • JJ

        It is not all that simple like as you all think. It all depends on the backend service providers. Time Warner or Cox or Comcast operate in their own way. So depending who the provider per market is the target varies. I am sure Timer Warner is the worst of all but they are catching up and things are moving fast on many markets.

        So hang tight guys big turnups to come very soon.

  • Steven I

    @Scuzzy19 I completely agree, how isn’t Chicago one of the first markets covered, and it not being one of the first 25 markets is crazy? Unless there is so much area to cover in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs that it is taking them longer to implement than other cities. I just don’t get it.

    • Scuzzy19

      That could very well be it there is a pretty large geographic area that has to be covered with hspa+ but it better be done before the end of june. For so long I have heard that Chicago would be a test market for HSPA+ and nothing.

  • LexLuger

    Try Kansas City, this has to be one of your bigger markets, and even better, you’ll have the ability to oust Sprint 4G on it’s home turf!!!

    • Scuzzy19

      @LexLuger uhm with kansas at 2,053,000 chicago is almost at 3M people(2,896,000 wikipedia source) I would think this would count as a much larger market :) although kansas does fall under the large market for Tmo.

      • God

        kansas != kansas city, genius.

  • Matlock

    OMG, so freaking awesome! tested last night and was seeing over 1.5Mbps consistently, just tested this morning and getting over 3Mbps consistently on my N1, have yet to test my HD2 or Cliq! So excited!!!1

  • http://tmonews.com hd2 high speed

    got hspa 60 miles south of chicago kankakee to be exactdoes not show h by signal bar on hd2 but comm manager says t mobile hsdpa any one have the h show on there phone?

  • bill

    I wonder if T-Mobile will put priority on converting markets that already have Sprint 4G? I would think it would be a good stradigy to keep customers in those areas.

  • reddragon72

    Well it seems that the Houston area coverage does not include me. I seem to be in the ONLY frig’n hole in there coverage area!!! and I mean right in the middle of the hole. I can drive 10 miles in any, and I mean ANY, direction and be in new coverage, but not where I work and not in my home!!!! Way to go T-Mobile for a BIG glaring hole that you put me in!!!

    • BeerBellyBilly

      LOL geez, that’s kinda funny, in a sad sort of way. But par for T-Mobile. Swiss cheese coverage. Big areas but full of holes. So far no holes where I’ver personally gone, but listen to plenty of people around here who fall into deadzone holes all the time. 3G is weak though just about everywhere in my city (wichita, ks), because no backhaul, only one T1 carrier per tower. I usually just leave my Dash 3G on EDGE most of the time unless I tether; stable signal on EDGE. Probably won’t see Plus with decent backhaul around here till the apocalypse is over.

  • icondrummer

    GET EVERYONE ON 3G FIRST! i live in a city with almost a million people and we are still on EDGE.

    • Steve-o

      Yep…sounds just like my situation…I’m in Tallahassee, which is the capital of Florida and we are still sitting on EDGE. Even my small hometown has 3G (Cocoa). I guess having 3 universities/colleges (in a 5 mile radius I might add), 3 or more high schools, and just plain being the State’s capital is not important. Lol.

      • J

        The government didn’t abandon the frequencies in Tallahassee until just recently. You almost had to wait until 2014. As it is, it will be there very soon.

  • Franky

    Are any BlackBerry phones capable of utilizing the HSPA+ network? I have the Bold 9700.

  • werdz

    What are they waiting for to upgrade MIAMI/FT LAUDERDALE FL?!!? It is huge down here…..

    • David

      Some of you really need to use some common sense and recognize that they aren’t just throwing darts at a map and lighting up whatever city is a bullseye. There are logistics involved, fiber optic backhaul, bandwidth limitations and other aspects that prevent everything from just going live at once.

      • MB

        Perfect reply David…..we DO NOT want the network to crash like AT&T did right :). Remember this is something you are getting FREE so take it as it comes and hold out for your city it is worth the wait

    • ItsMichaelNotMike

      And there’s city and other govt. planners who have to approve towers, etc.

      Part of that process includes public hearings for anyone who might object to erection of towers in their neighborhood.

      So just the permit process might take six months or more to get through it.

      Take a look at these:

      http://www.google.com/search?q=residents+object+to+cell+phone+tower&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1

  • bakaruru

    I can’t believe they didn’t roll this out in Chicago.

  • victor

    bring HSPA+ to the Bay!!

  • jonathan

    I live in Houston and have never seen “H” on my Nuron (provided it is capable of utilizing the speed boost) or my wife’s MT3GS.

  • going_home

    Oh yeah Tampa !
    Thats what I’m talking about !

    :)

  • http://www.dastardlyreport.com ryaninc

    I’m definitely noticing a speed boost, even on my G1. I ran 2 different speed tests, one to a server 200 miles away and one to a server over 1000 miles away and averaged around 3000kbps down and 400kbps up. Sweetness.

  • RK

    I’m in Seattle on an HTC HD2 averaging 1046 kbps using mobilespeedtest.com

  • Nick

    T-Mobile doesn’t care about CHICAGO..

    • David

      Dude, you need to do some hard thinking about why exactly T-Mobile hasn’t launched in Chicago, I’m sure it has nothing to do with them “caring.”

      • djdanska

        I have noticed that out in the west suburbs of chicago, i have been able to download at 3500/450 before. Naperville, downtown aurora and occasionally at home near glen ellyn/lisle. In westmont/oak brook, i only get 1100/350 usually still. Depends on the area.

      • Nick

        Chicago should have been in the top 5 for places to ensure top of the line service. Chicago is a HUGE city. New York, Chicago, L.A., etc. Get what I’m saying. Stop being a T-Mobile apologist, there is NO EXCUSE for this!

        • David

          Dude, you need to use common sense and stop making baseless accusations. It isn’t a matter of them being selective with locations and it most certainly isn’t about me being an apologist. There are backhaul and bandwidth considerations, equipment considerations and a world of other variables that affect who launches before someone else and why. Common sense.

        • Nick

          apologist

        • David

          Ok, suit yourself with the insults.

        • Bob

          no he isn’t

    • http://tmonews.com hd2 high speed

      shortly its in kankakee sixty miles south getting 1124 kbps

    • Jelc

      Don’t you understand that they have to consider if they have the needed backhaul in the area, bandwith etc. It doesn’t matter if it’s and important city or whatever, if they can’t go live in the area yet then they just can’t. Just because you live in a big city doesn’t mean you have to get everything first. Just deal with it, cities were able to get upgraded before Chicago.

      • Brandon

        Stop crying “Nick”…. if you want it so bad, go to college and get an enginering degree, apply to t-mobile, get the job and build the tower yourself… jesus christ.. as if 3G isn’t already fast enough for you…

  • Maryam

    Just did a speedtest on my Nexus One in Dallas. I got 2.02 Mb/s download and 0.52 upload with ping 82 ms. Looking good!

  • BeerBellyBilly

    Man, T-Mo needs to get some HARDWARE out there. A single USB chicken-finger swizzle-stick (aka Rocket) isn’t quite enough to cut it. Get some HSPA+ phones, get some embedded HSPA+ modems in those netbooks and laptops, something. T-Mobile using AWS spectrum instead of standard HSPA 1900 MHz really hurt the cause here. I see as of this time, nothing out there in retail (best buy, officemax, etc) that supports AWS for TMOUSA. All AT&T HSPA and/or CDMA (VZW/SPT). My netbook’s got a Gobi dual mode radio in it but no AWS support. That means 2 cariers, 2 phone bills, too much expense and a big PITA. I suppose I could just kill the Gobi plan and use the swizzle (save $20/mo too) but it’s not in the stores yet because no HSPA+ on the radar yet. Sad. Just too sad.

    • Brandon

      so order it on their website….

  • Brink182

    According to a sales rep (I know, I know) the only phone that has the HSPA+ symbol for the new speed is the Myslide owners. My nexus one with 2.2 still has the 3G icon but it is browsing at blazing fast speeds. I like have this high speed network with the least amount of users. LOL

  • APlayerfromtheHimalya

    @Nick, dude….how many t mobile customers exist in chicago, how much T mobile backhaul is in chicago, and can T mobile sway the union to build the backhaul faster. Does Tmobile have agreements with ATT to use some of their equipment. These are the questions you should be asking….

    Stop whining….

    I get edge I get a hell of a lot of 3.5 here in Vegas….Monster…

    • Bob

      And besides that T-Mobile has already said they will get Chicago up to speed by the end of summer.

  • Mightykc

    The speed is awesome. I have a Nexus One and my co-worker has Evo 4g. We just did a speed test comparison inD allas nad he only got around 800kbp on 4g, and 2000kbps on 3G. I hit 3900kbps on my Nexus with the upgrade. Take that 4G!

  • Mightykc

    The speed is awesome. I have a Nexus One and my co-worker has Evo 4g. We just did a speed test comparison inD allas nad he only got around 800kbp on 4g, and 2000kbps on 3G. I hit 3900kbps on my Nexus with this update. Take that 4G!

  • http://pernecky.blogspot.com Perno

    In Tampa here, I went to sleep with around 550 Kbit/s down and woke up with 2586 Kbit/s down. That’s almost 5 times faster, thank you T-Mobile!

  • Phalosopher

    lookin good in greensboro nc

  • Rob

    casa grande, az…. we’re only 10 miles south of existing coverage!!!!

  • http://tmonews.com hd2 high speed

    someone in chicago with an hd2 at the top by your signal bar there is a antenna that is solid white tap that and it should say T-Mobile data (hsdpa) I am now on 123rd in south chicago and have it also what is a good speed test site

    • craig

      thats Blue Island right?

  • DAni3l

    I am getting 4+ Mbps down and 1.5+ Mbps up w/ a Nexus one in Houston uptown area. Tested against an EVO 4G and I laughed in their face!

  • Jeff

    In chicago airpirt right now and once again the same old 556kbps.

  • Adam

    If on HSPA+ will my Mobile Network Type read HSPA+ or will it continue to read UMTS?

  • MrSugi

    Guys you have to understand chicago is a hugeeeeee market for t-mobile first is new york then chicago so relax it’s coming. I mean t-mobile headquaters are in washington and I don’t think off of kent or bellvue have it yet.. chicago has a lot of towers and have been having multiple outages recently, mostly short outages, but still there. So maybe t-mobile is really trying to get things organized before launching in such a huge market

  • carts

    midtown atlanta, although i noticed higher upload speeds (around 1400kbps from what used to be 350), my dl is still the same (around 1400).

    • MichMan

      Same in Seattle. Higher upload speeds, DL is the same. It’s nice that it’s improved, but better DL would be nice.

      • carts

        I’m gonna give till the weekend to see if it improves. Others have been able to get around 4mbps down with a nexus one in a hspa+ market. maybe it might take a while to work.

  • chrisrj28

    I will be happy to see it in Sacramento, CA whenever they get it set up. Currently we have a pretty good 3g signal going here so I’m not complaining. It’s just nice to finally see a roll out.

    • ItsMichaelNotMike

      Same here for San Francisco. We get a solid 3G signal and I am happy with that. Sure, faster is always better, but I, like you, appreciate 3G (especially since I can clearly remember EDGE since it was only last year that I got my first 3G phone).

      I consistently get 760kbs, that according to the speed test site is around what other carriers are providing.

      And people should not forget that even though Sprint is selling the Evo as a 4G phone, VERY FEW AREAS HAVE 4G.

      In fact, when I was going to sign up with Sprint and get two Evos, even though here in San Francisco I would not be getting 4G, Sprint said I still had to pay the $10 per line for 4G. WTF? That was an additional reason I canceled the order.

  • Scotty

    I like having my 3G speeds, but Chicago really should have priority over smaller cities. If anything it should be Chicago before New York because it’s a big chance to take with so many people when first testing it in New York. My 3G speeds are find for the moment though.

    • ItsMichaelNotMike

      I feel the same way about the Bay Area, the tech capital of the U. S. (at least at one time it was, Silicon Valley and all, or “SiliCONE Valley” as one fool new news guy referred to it).

      Amazingly, even though this area totals about 7.4 million people and is the nations sixth most populated region in the U.S., it was only last year that 3G arrived in San Jose. I could get 3G here in San Francisco, but when going to San Jose my phone would revert to Enhanced Data for Global Evolution. ;)

      I figure it must be the residents blocking towers going up around them.

      Sidenote: It’s not only T-Mobile. I live at the top of Nob Hill where there’s lots of money floating around. Despite that, AT&T’s advanced U-Verse data and TV service is NOT available here. WTH? Why not?

      Again, it’s probably the snobs of Snob Hill beeching and moaning about how construction noise would upset Priscilla the fearless poochie when on her afternoon constitutional.

  • SEFan

    No sign of Milwaukee on the list. Considering how long it took for the are to get 3G, guess I’m not too surprised. At least we do have 3G…

  • ItsMichaelNotMike

    Quit your pantywaist self-centered whining.

    Here’s an example of why you can’t get the service you want. Google your town or call the City Planners to find out what T-Mobile is doing. See if they have towers planned and ask at what stage the permit process is at.

    Don’t simply complain on these boards, call T-Mobile or your local govt. officials. Like I posted elsewhere, it was on the local San Francisco news that City planners said T-Mobile has 500+ towers in San Francisco and want 1500+ total in five years. No doubt to reach achieve that goal there will be protests and objections such as this below.

    Yeah, you want the service, but there’s a family with little kids or some guy with a million dollar view out his living room window who will say “not in my back yard.”
    ____________________

    T-Mobile wants to place a cellular tower within walking distance of my neighborhood, next to the Brandon Cowboys Youth Football and Cheerleading complex where my daughter cheers. The proposal to erect the tower on Brandon YMCA property at 3097 S Kingsway Road goes before a 6 p.m. zoning hearing at County Center on Monday.

    Not surprisingly, some residents in the Seffner/North Brandon area express dismay with the proposal for a number of reasons. It’s the newest chapter in a debate that has played out in South Tampa, East Tampa, New Tampa and at Valrico’s Cimino Elementary.

    In each case, some parents objected to cell towers being placed on school property partly because of concerns about the health effects of exposing students to the towers, which government regulators have deemed safe.

    The dispute in this case differs only slightly given that the Brandon YMCA location is just west of Seffner Elementary, north of New Jerusalem Christian Academy and south of the North Brandon Little League and the aforementioned Cowboys, where I recently served on the board.

    It’s essentially the epicenter for youth sports in the North Brandon/Seffner area.

    Approximately 10 residents met with an attorney representing T-Mobile on Oct. 7 at the Brandon YMCA. Small crowd, I know. But they insisted more people would have been in attendance if the cell phone carrier or the YMCA had bothered to notify nearby residents.

    Those present expressed several objections including concerns about the tower emissions, property values, aesthetics and lightning strikes. Leading the protest is longtime YMCA member Joan Zawlocki, 54, and Denise Verrill, 40, a nearby resident and stay-at-home mom.

    Zawlocki, who has a daughter in the YMCA’s gymnastics program, and Verrill, whose children attend Seffner Elementary, have both spent the past week picketing in front of the Brandon YMCA.

    “A lot of people give me a big thumbs up when they drive by,” said Verrill, who doesn’t use a cell phone. “I don’t know if I can stop it, but I’m going to try my darnedest. I want to be able to tell my kids ‘I did everything I could to keep you safe.’ ”

    You can find studies on both sides of the emissions’ argument, but T-Mobile insists the cell-tower emissions pose no harm.

    “The emissions are at a much lower power than you would find in a microwave oven or a baby monitor,” said T-Mobile spokeswoman Ann Brooks.

    Brooks said T-Mobile has not experienced any problems with lightning because of the tower’s grounding system. The tower will be fashioned as a lighted flagpole and will fly a standard U.S. flag. Brooks added that T-Mobile has done a number of studies indicating cell tower structures have no impact on property values.

    Suzette Armatas, Tampa Metro YMCA vice president of marketing, notes that the cell tower was likely to go up somewhere in the area. The YMCA, she said, provides usable land without interfering with any residential zoning.

    Armatas also said there have been no problems with a cell tower located for the past three years at its Northwest YMCA on Sheldon Road in Town ‘N Country.

    T-Mobile leases the land from the YMCA and while neither party would reveal the terms of the agreement, Armatas said the money would go toward general operations at the Brandon YMCA.

  • http://www.futuresportsleague.com Chad

    I’m getting 3.5mbps downloads in Tampa!

  • DannOfThurs

    Traveled through ATL the other day and I didn’t see it yet :( Maybe next pass – or when I call custsvc to find out…hehehe!

  • BKdroid

    YAY! I’m still lucky to get 500kbps download. But I’m sure Albuquerque and surrounding areas are last on the list. To say that it’s because they have to find a place to put towers, come to NM. There is no shortage of space. They would be welcomed with open arms. Then again, they half-assed the original 3G coverage, so they probably don’t want to have to fix that along with the upgrade.

  • DannOfThurs

    Good grief on the FL – that’s still going on? Crap when I left FL that was an issue – and i’m talking YEARS ago!

    For those of you with a brain; TMO’s been trying to get towers into more places than not, it’s unfortunately misinformed people who keep mucking up the works. I can think of a ton of places worldwide were they have towers left and right and don’t have nearly half the problems we do here that we “blame” on them. Coincidentally, they don’t eat half the type of food we do (*hint*hint*crap*hint*hint*) but these people complaining about towers don’t want to sacrifice their foodie fix (that’s actually doing more harm) than to progress forward (I mean ACTUAL progress, not the crap that politicians throw around today with that word).

    Sorry if I’m venting…but 90% of the world has no problems, yet we *magically* do….sigh :(

  • Mgoggles

    I live in DC suburbs and still have yet to see anything above 1 Mbps with G1. I wonder if having Cyanogen 2.1 has anything to do with this. I consistently get around 800 Kbps and according to the coverage maps I should be getting up to 7.2. Maybe congestion.

  • http://Tmones Sonny

    how do you test your connection on your phone?????

    • Mgoggles

      @Sonny
      I test with the Android Speedtest.net App
      Even with 4 bars of 3g the highest I got was .8 Mbps and I live very close to DC.

      • J-Hop2o6

        yea u need to do USB (or wifi) tether to your PC, and then on your PC run the speedtest.net test.. the speedtest.net app is inaccurate.
        if u still get below 1-2mbps.. then your tower hasn’t been upgraded yet.. our towers have been upgraded, but hasn’t fully released HSPA+ here in Seattle.. i used to get 1mbps, then 2mbps a few months back, then 3.6 average (with ping/latency improved to 60-100-150ms [from 200-250 avg.], and Upload increased VERY lightly to 0.5mbps) since yesterday.
        so wait until the expand outside of DC

      • J-Hop2o6

        *they

        !!add an edit button David!!

      • Mgoggles

        I will try that. Unfortunately I lose 3g when i go inside my house. Lucky to get 2 bars outside the house (I have already called customer service for this issue). I have to walk up the street to get 3 bars, if I am lucky. Tmobile has been trying to add a tower in Olney, MD and everyone seems to want to sign a petition to stop new towers from coming up…and then complain when their reception is not good….arghhhh. I just hope that the next phone I get will have a stronger antenna. Thanks for the advice!

    • Mgoggles

      On another note, I assumed that ever since Tmobile started to sell phones through RadioShack that they would make an effort to improve reception near each store location. Am i wrong to assume this?

  • Eric W

    Let us not forget that T-Mo has AWS licenses across the entirety of the USA including Hawaii and Alaska. Also take in account that in some areas they have a bit less of this spectrum licensed than others. As for you Chicago guys, T-Mo only started with a slim 10 MHz (not enough) spectrum in Chicago until getting more in different, less preferrable AWS blocks. Perhaps the hang up is with implementing on the mish-mash of AWS that they have available + / – backhaul?

    As a side note:

    Seeing this nationwide AWS spectrum coverage gives me _some_ hope to, at a minimum, see 3G in all markets in the future; even my market back in scenic rural PA. Maybe some future markets will be 3G only instead of PCS (1900MHz)?

    Specrtum commentary source:
    http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=99&p=1495

  • J

    Everyone needs to chill out about the cities. These don’t get launched on a priority list like you think they do. You have X number of markets and each one is trying to launch as fast as they can. For whatever reason, the group working on Chicago’s didn’t get done as fast as the ones working elsewhere. Each city has to work with a different transport provider. The transport provider has to get their part done before anything else can happen. My guess is, who ever is the transport provider in Chicago, couldn’t get the job done as fast as they would have liked.

  • Deaconclgi

    All I know is that they have been testing HSPA+ in Atlanta for weeks. It started when I saw jumps of 2Mbps a second and now that it is live, I got a download of 6.36Mbps and an upload of 1.38Mbps on my N900!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That blows my ATT Ultra (fastes ATT offers in my area) out of the water!!!! This makes we want to buy another N900 just to take advantage of it. Better yet, I may pick up the E73 for free saturday!!

    6.36Mbps on a mobile device, that is CRAZY! Just imagine once the network stabilizes across the country. The future is bright and fast!

  • croikee

    I’m in Bellevue, Washington, right next to Tmobile headquarters. I have a mytouch3G. My download speeds are 700kps, upload is 400. Is this HSPA speeds or am I not getting the upgraded signal yet? I keep reading about people getting 3mbs and I’m not anywhere near that. Thats full 3G signal too.

  • jdog

    My Nexus One tethered to my laptop got speeds faster than 7.2mbps http://www.speedtest.net/result/849853803.png

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