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In case you were ever in doubt, the Vice President of technology realization at AT&T, Scott McElroy, confirmed today that the company will be doubling their peak 3G speeds sometime this year. Yes, that means a maximum potential speed of 7.2Mbps.
Currently in a trial phase in just two cities, we can expect the full rollout to occur in areas that already receive AT&T 3G service in the next month or two. This will happen by means of a software upgrade, then further expansion will occur as will an infrastructure upgrade.
Another important thing to note is that AT&T will likely skip the 14.4Mbps upgrade altogether and move straight ahead to the 20Mbps HSPA+ network. And with all this talk of upgrading, we can’t help but notice this syncs up perfectly with the iPhone 3.0 on the horizon. It’s all falling into place.
[via IntoMobile]
One Response to “AT&T set to double 3G speed to 7.2Mbps this year”
thecolor April 20, 2009
Keep in mind, with redundancy, and network congestion, this will be more like 3.6 if you’re lucky. Yes, it will be cut in half or more! Do not expect to get close 7.2Mbps unless you are the ONLY one on the network and have perfect coverage!
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