AT&T just announced they’re starting a national 7.2Mbps 3G rollout, and T-Mobile now says they’re about to do the same. But what comes next? For most, it’s 4G wireless data. For T-Mobile, it’s steroid-pumped 3G, to the tune of 21Mbps.
https://gizmodo.com/at-t-bumping-its-3g-to-hspa-7-2-in-six-more-cities-5355470
AT&T and others are kicking 3G to the curb after it hits the 7.2Mbps barrier, and moving over to zany 4G technologies. T-Mobile, though, says they’re sticking with 3G HSPA for the foreseeable future, and that the network will carry near-4G speeds in 2010.
https://gizmodo.com/at-ts-network-state-of-the-union-its-getting-faster-i-5271329
This is good news for T-Mo subscribers in the short term, and I can see why the company would want to incrementally push past all their competitors while they all toil with next-gen hardware and infrastructure. But what happens when everyone else is finished rolling out their LTE networks? Where does that leave T-Mobile, besides three years behind? [MocoNews via Electronista]
