T-Mobile lights up an additional 16 U.S. markets with HSPA+

By on Oct 4, 2010 at 8:44 AM
General October 4, 2010

T-Mobile has been on a PR tear in the last few days. Magenta announced the addition of 16 U.S. cities to their HSPA+ network portfolio. Biloxi and Gulfport, MS; Denver, CO; Huntsville, AL.; Knoxville, TN; Myrtle Beach, SC; Norfolk, VA.; Omaha, NE; Phoenix and Tucson, AZ; Salt Lake City, UT; San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland and Sacramento, CA; and West Palm Beach, FL. T-Mo reiterated that they will have HSPA+ coverage available in 100 markets by the end of 2010.

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  • Cranky Bear

    STILL no Chicago! But hey, at least Biloxi has it! *shakes head*

    • bearleton

      Those 10 sacks last night must have made the Bear really Cranky! :-)

      • Anonymous

        It’s 7:30 AM and Jay Cutler has been sacked again.

      • oops

        and sacked yet again :)

    • http://www.twitter.com/mattstkc MattSTKC

      I seriously don’t get how all these cities from Medium sized to “where the hell is that?” are getting this and Chicago is still getting the shaft. I mean COME ON! Get it together T-Mobz

  • Gaza

    I see a trend in these “nextgen” roll outs; It seems to be easier to do in less populated cities than say a Chicago or a New York. Maybe that why…

    • Kar

      I got around 3 MPS to 4 MPS in New York with m Nexus one.

    • Steve

      Except that T-Mobile launched New York as one of it’s very early markets. I do believe that would be the single largest market in the US!

  • MacMan

    Ok now this is news. So what if there’s new phones coming, there no good without 4G. Learn from sprint’s half as roll out.

    • Mac Aroni

      T-Mobile currently has 8 phones that support HSPA+.

      • MRCUR

        Really? I’m pretty darn sure the only *actual* HSPA+ plus phone is the G2, and the myTouch HD will support it as well.

        Existing phones with HSPA will see increased speeds, but not HSPA+ speeds.

      • MONOPOLY MAN

        What about the BlackBerry 9700?

  • Sean

    Wow I see Norfolk VA on the list thats great, that means it wont be long before the whole 757 gets coverage!

  • JM

    In the areas I have been where this is up and running it is impressively fast. I work for Sprint and can easily say that the HD2 is much faster than the Evo when inside T-Mobile’s hspa+ areas. The same goes for the Nexus One in those areas. However, Sprint has better “4g” coverage…

    • MacMan

      Better 4G ? Really so what’s the deal with one block you have 4G next block it’s gone ?

  • http://pharaohtechblog.blogspot.com Conan Kudo (ニール・ゴンパ)

    Still no 3G anywhere in MS, much less HSPA+….

    • jaymax

      Did you miss the part about HSPA+ launching in Biloxi and Gulfport?

    • Southern Miss Elite

      Funny…I reside in MS, work throughout MS, and travel throughout MS…

      Verizon = blanketed with 3G. So is Cellular South.
      AT&T = all the major spots down here have 3G.
      Sprint = just a few cities, but more on the way.

      So yea….this talk about MS not having 3G….either you’re a damn idiot or you’re just typing to be typing.

      I’ll allow you to choose!

  • Nokia Guy

    Chicago is still waiting!

  • slammer

    Macman,

    WiMAX isn’t a “Half-assed” rollout. HSPA+ is only a progression of 3G thus making it much easier to upgrade rather than building out a legitimate 4G network. Tmo’s speeds maybe legit, however the progression of HSPA+ will stop at the next level. WiMAX and LTE are just the beginning. Take notice of the WiMAX2 initiative. Nothing to sneeze at and HSPA will not be able to come close to these speeds. Within the next two years, HSPA will be rendered the equivalent of comparing 2G to 4g.

    However, Tmo has bought time which is good.

    John B.

    • MacMan

      What you talking about willies ?

    • xman

      In the case of Sprint and Clearwire WiMax is half assed rolled out. They had 3 years to do it and yet the level of roll out and coverage is crap. WTF? The entire country should have been covered by now. They aren’t even half way yet.

  • 3 Phones Jugglin

    Long Way to Go to Catch up to Sprint…..But at least their makin At&t Look like Assholes.

    Instead of Solidifying their Lowly 3G network they upgrade it and relaunch to Stay relevant. Fool me not.

    • Dan J.

      Oh please…Sprint sucks…always has, always will. They are now considering ousting the current Clearwire CEO and putting in their own plant in order to make sure that WiMAX remains and that Clearwire does NOT convert, or even so much as offer, LTE.

      Sprint needs to take a page out of the Nextel playbook. Don’t pre-announce ANYTHING to the public until you can actually switch it on after making sure that everything actually works! Nextel did that with nationwide PTT, international PTT, international messaging…you would think Sprint would have at least done the same and worked on spreading out WiMAX without having to tell people where it will spring up next. Heck, how long did it take Sprint to turn on Chicago? Over 2 years despite claiming that it will be turned on within months of Baltimore?

      Trust me…Sprint is no angel…and could falter any second. I, for one, expect Sprint to soon do a faceplant.

    • Steve

      You do realize that TMO already passed Sprint in data speeds, right? How is Sprint 4G in LA? How about NYC?

  • slammer

    Tmo passing Sprint in speeds, is a preclusive relevance.

    At this current moment, the wireless industry is transitioning from what could be compared to the transition from 2G to 3G years ago. Speeds were questionable until the technology progressed to consistant levels and became more relevant to what was expected.

    WiMAX and LTE are new technologies with a huge margin to grow and fine tune its networks. HSPA is the last frontier of the 3G era.

    To compare speeds at this time is going to render inconsistent reality. It will be within a year or two before the real speeds of 4G will emerge and surpass what is being advertised as “4G speeds”.

    Also. There is more to 4G than just speeds. There the future demand of what will be done with 4G, that should be considered before justifying what is acceptable currently.

    So while Tmo has bought time with HSPA, it will not handle the demands of the very near future.

    Minus me away, but it does not change the technical facts of the technologies.

    John B.

  • VibrantUser

    Getting around 5.50 kbps in San Francisco CA. Thank you T-mobile. Now can we please get Froyo?

  • slammer

    Considering that LTE had been in concept mode for a good many years, at least Sprint took the bull by the horns and made a move to advance to the next level. LTE would still be a concept for another year if not for the tenacity of Sprint/Clearwire.

    This technology is expensive and You need to give kudos to Sprint for doing what they can to bring the next generation of wireless to culmination.

    I feel LTE will initially be a let down for most subscribers.

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