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Is AT&T’s newly launched HSUPA data network upgrade leaving you feeling unimpressed? Well, worry not, fellow 3G network surfer, AT&T’s got the just the thing to help quench that wireless data fiend within all of us.
Just a handful of days before Apple and Steve Jobs is scheduled to showcase the next-generation iPhone on the WWDC Keynote stage for all the world to see, AT&T has announced that they’ve boosted their new 3G HSPA network data speeds by a solid 20%. As a welcomed side-effect of AT&T’s new HSUPA network upgrade, the No. 1 US wireless carrier’s new HSPA (HSDPA and HSUPA) data network is now capable of 700Kbps to 1.7Mbps speeds on the downlink (HSDPA) – a nice little boost from 600Kbps to 1.4Mbps data speeds prior to the speed-increase. Customers will also benefit from uplink data speeds (HSUPA) of 500Kbps to 1.2Mbps, up from 500Kbps to 800Kbps.
The move echoes AT&T’s move to upgrade their EDGE data network ahead of the iPhone’s initial US-based launch. Out hats go off to AT&T for not only getting the first fully HSPA network up and running in the US, but also for making it just that much faster for 3G iPhone-toting customers. Next step, HSPA+ with 20Mbps downlink speeds next year – right, AT&T?
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
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