More Cities Get New T-Mobile HSPA+ Super-fast Data

Posted 05/25/2010 at 3:22pm | by Ryan Whitwam

2

Comments

Print

T-Mobile has announced a new expansion of their HSPA+ data network. Now residents of several cities in Upstate New York, Connecticut, and Rode Island can get that high speed goodness. This adds to several existing markets including the Washington DC area and Philadelphia. T-Mobile has stated they plan to have the majority of their network upgraded to HSPA+ by the end of the year.

The cell carrier is claiming that HSPA+ offers 4G-like speeds. The updated data standard is capable of speeds up to 21Mb/s, but as is common with wireless technologies, the actual throughput is much less. HSPA+ is usually capable of download speeds of 2-6Mb/s. This is still in the vicinity of some WiMAX tests under the right conditions. T-Mobile has not yet announced any plans to move the a fourth gen technology, but is instead sticking with this 3.5G standard for the time being.

Do you have access to HSPA+ in your area? If so, let us know what sort of speeds you're seeing.

Image via Android Junkies