wifi4milez
In Need Of Garbage Pail Kids 1st Series
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·BroadVoice
| 6+ months for rollout to begin?
As a long time Tmo' customer (6+ years, back when they were voicestream), I am VERY happy to hear that they are finally getting on the 3G bandwagon. I am a bit concerned that it will be almost 2 years for widespread coverage however. In all likely hood Sprint will have started their 4G network deployment in a few markets by then. I also hope that Tmo' goes straight to HSDPA because in 2 years UMTS wont be worth sh*t and they will be WAY behind. Cingular has already stopped deplying the "old" AT&T UMTS (and swtiched to HSPDA) in all their new markets.
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kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
·Packet8
| said by wifi4milez  :As a long time Tmo' customer (6+ years, back when they were voicestream), I am VERY happy to hear that they are finally getting on the 3G bandwagon. I am a bit concerned that it will be almost 2 years for widespread coverage however. In all likely hood Sprint will have started their 4G network deployment in a few markets by then. I also hope that Tmo' goes straight to HSDPA because in 2 years UMTS wont be worth sh*t and they will be WAY behind. Cingular has already stopped deplying the "old" AT&T UMTS (and swtiched to HSPDA) in all their new markets. Last time I have checked Cingular's HDSPA was still a joke compared to European systems.
It's the classic US PR-driven corporate BS: buzzwords? Checked. Actual speed? Doesn't matter. |
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wifi4milez
In Need Of Garbage Pail Kids 1st Series
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·RoadRunner Cable
·BroadVoice
| said by kamm :said by wifi4milez :As a long time Tmo' customer (6+ years, back when they were voicestream), I am VERY happy to hear that they are finally getting on the 3G bandwagon. I am a bit concerned that it will be almost 2 years for widespread coverage however. In all likely hood Sprint will have started their 4G network deployment in a few markets by then. I also hope that Tmo' goes straight to HSDPA because in 2 years UMTS wont be worth sh*t and they will be WAY behind. Cingular has already stopped deplying the "old" AT&T UMTS (and swtiched to HSPDA) in all their new markets. Last time I have checked Cingular's HDSPA was still a joke compared to European systems. It's the classic US PR-driven corporate BS: buzzwords? Checked. Actual speed? Doesn't matter. I dont think thats true. Many European countries are still using UMTS (the 384k video phone variety), not HSDPA. In fact, Cingular currently has the largest HSDPA deployment in the world.
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