Comments on: AT&T Quietly Launches HSPA+ 4G: LA, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, Dallas Make the List http://www.sidecutreports.com/2011/03/02/att-quietly-launches-hspa-4g-la-san-francisco-chicago-boston-dallas-make-the-list/ Cutting Reports from the Intersection of Telecommunications, the Internet and Public Policy Thu, 17 May 2012 12:02:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: ryan http://www.sidecutreports.com/2011/03/02/att-quietly-launches-hspa-4g-la-san-francisco-chicago-boston-dallas-make-the-list/#comment-4879 ryan Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:26:05 +0000 http://www.sidecutreports.com/?p=700#comment-4879 I live in concord about 30 min from san francisco and have seen no change in upload or download speeds. Still about 3mbps and. 15 mbps up. I live in concord about 30 min from san francisco and have seen no change in upload or download speeds. Still about 3mbps and. 15 mbps up.

]]> By: Brooke http://www.sidecutreports.com/2011/03/02/att-quietly-launches-hspa-4g-la-san-francisco-chicago-boston-dallas-make-the-list/#comment-4776 Brooke Fri, 18 Mar 2011 02:54:48 +0000 http://www.sidecutreports.com/?p=700#comment-4776 Thanks so much, Paul. This is a geek thing, nothing I need. Happy to let things sort themselves out for now. Thanks again for taking the time. Thanks so much, Paul. This is a geek thing, nothing I need. Happy to let things sort themselves out for now.
Thanks again for taking the time.

]]> By: Paul http://www.sidecutreports.com/2011/03/02/att-quietly-launches-hspa-4g-la-san-francisco-chicago-boston-dallas-make-the-list/#comment-4760 Paul Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:22:08 +0000 http://www.sidecutreports.com/?p=700#comment-4760 Brooke, I think we will have to wait a few months to see how user testing on the AT&T 4G phones pans out. Seems like for right now there are some issues with AT&T throttling functionality, so it may take some time to shake out. If you need the speed right away the Android phones are all announced in the 4G space so they should be able to use the faster network out of the box. the iPhone 5 is still speculative... and I would doubt Apple would launch anything that wasn't on a fully functional/widely available network. It seems to be their style to wait until network technology is more ubiquitous which makes sense given Apple's ease of use heritage. So bottom line if you want speed it is going to be Android for the near future. Brooke, I think we will have to wait a few months to see how user testing on the AT&T 4G phones pans out. Seems like for right now there are some issues with AT&T throttling functionality, so it may take some time to shake out. If you need the speed right away the Android phones are all announced in the 4G space so they should be able to use the faster network out of the box. the iPhone 5 is still speculative… and I would doubt Apple would launch anything that wasn’t on a fully functional/widely available network. It seems to be their style to wait until network technology is more ubiquitous which makes sense given Apple’s ease of use heritage.

So bottom line if you want speed it is going to be Android for the near future.

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