There has been some buzz in recent weeks over the speed of 3G not quite making the grade. In Canada, I feel that we’re actually getting a better deal than in the U.S. as Rogers is doing a much better job of providing almost 3G speeds when compared to AT&T which is more like EDGE. What disappoints me, however, is the fact that Rogers is now starting the rollout of HSPA+ (High Speed Packet Access) in the Greater Toronto Area which supposedly, can handle speeds of upto 21Mbps/5Mbps as a reaction to Bell rolling out their “3G+” equivalent in the coming months. The problem here is that Bell has been working on this rollout for the past year. Rogers, on the other hand, is making the announcement simply to make it seem as though they thought of it first.
What does this mean for Rogers customers? Well, given the history of Rogers, it means that a sub-par service will begin rolling out in major cities. They won’t be able to handle the new speeds, but in reality, no one will notice because they wont have the handsets to support it.
That’s right. Your brand new Apple iPhone 3GS will be considered dreadfully slow within the next 60 days.
In my opinion, Rogers should have given the HSPA+ to Bell. Let them have their time in the spotlight you greedy bastards. Overall, Rogers dominates the cellular industry in Canada, thanks to the iPhone. What Rogers should be doing is modeling their next launch on AT&T and moving straight to LTE (Long Term Evolution) or 3GPP (4G), skipping HSPA+ all together. While the “other guys” are offering the next step up from 3G, those companies smart enough to offer LTE will be, in essence, offering the “future” mobile networks with speeds of upto 100Mbps/50Mbps. That’s right!
WTF, does this mean for home users? I mean, my home service is running at a whopping 6Mbps. Will my next cell phone be 10 times faster than my home connection?
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