AT&T came out swinging at rival T-Mobile today, after T-Mobile launched its new 4G marketing blitz. According to AT&T, T-Mobile has misstated the numbers regarding AT&T's HSPA+ footprint and speeds. In an email to Phone Scoop, AT&T said, "T-Mobile's claims about 4G are based on the same HSPA+ technology we have deployed to 180 million people today, more than T-Mobile’s reported 140 million, and we’ll have it rolled out to 250 million people by the end of this month, substantially more than the 200 million T-Mobile says it will have by year-end." On Tuesday, T-Mobile said that its year-end footprint of 200 million POPS covered would allow it to call its "4G" network the country's largest. AT&T says it will cover 25% more people than T-Mobile by the end of the year. Additionally, AT&T says T-Mobile is wrong about its HSPA+ network speeds. T-Mobile claims AT&T's HSPA+ network is limited to 14.4Mbps max downloads. AT&T says this is inaccurate, and its HSPA+ network today is capable of speeds up to 21Mbps. However, AT&T has only one device on its network, a laptop dongle, that is capable of hitting 21Mbps speeds. It has no handsets that surpass 7.2Mbps downloads, let alone 14.4Mbps or 21Mbps. AT&T implied that this is going to change, but it didn't say when. As of today, T-Mobile has at least one dongle and two handsets capable of HSPA+ at 21Mbps.
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Poor AT&T-- |
muchdrama |
Nov 3, 2010, 8:59 PM |
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dongle |
edzero |
Nov 3, 2010, 5:11 PM |
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Well at least Tmo. . . |
Jayshmay |
Nov 3, 2010, 2:59 PM |
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How about the fact that it isn't 4G... |
JeffdaBeat |
Nov 3, 2010, 2:41 PM |
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There Is More To 4G Than Speeds. |
Slammer |
Nov 3, 2010, 3:43 PM |
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Nurse! Verizon Wireless @ 200CC's, Stat! |
flip mode |
Nov 3, 2010, 3:43 PM |
- Re: Nurse! Verizon Wireless @ 200CC's, Stat! by Versed Nov 3, 2010, 4:19 PM
- Re: Nurse! Verizon Wireless @ 200CC's, Stat! by Cell.Mogul Nov 4, 2010, 12:34 PM
- Re: Nurse! Verizon Wireless @ 200CC's, Stat! by SPCSVZWJeff Nov 4, 2010, 3:32 PM
- Re: Nurse! Verizon Wireless @ 200CC's, Stat! by rhema7 Nov 5, 2010, 9:43 AM
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Have you noticed... |
GeeksAreBest |
Nov 4, 2010, 10:52 AM |
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What AT&T did NOT say is more important |
CellStudent |
Nov 3, 2010, 3:08 PM |
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Wrong again PhoneScoop! |
DiamondPro |
Nov 3, 2010, 6:23 PM |
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iPhone Troubles |
josh.m.04 |
Nov 4, 2010, 11:46 AM |
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Whoa... hold on... since when does any of this matter? |
justfinethanku |
Nov 4, 2010, 4:36 PM |
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T-Mobile Rebrands HSPA+ as '3.9', Says Its 3.9G Network Is the Nation's Largest |
dreamer528 |
Nov 3, 2010, 4:54 PM |
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It's all BS anyway |
Globhead |
Nov 4, 2010, 10:07 AM |
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Where does ATT get these coverage numbers from? |
tubby |
Nov 4, 2010, 8:42 AM |
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This is information from ATT Website! LTE (4G) is coming for att customers! |
Ken6271 |
Nov 3, 2010, 6:53 PM |
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ATT is a joke!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
netboy |
Nov 3, 2010, 5:22 PM |
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Best Marketing ploy EVER!!! |
Mentat |
Nov 3, 2010, 4:47 PM |
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I don't care what AT&T says, because i can't make a call |
leshkanyc |
Nov 3, 2010, 3:31 PM |
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AT&T has been mighty quiet about its HSPA+ network... |
iansltx |
Nov 3, 2010, 3:14 PM |
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If we overclock a Droid processor to 1.25ghz |
GettingSleepy |
Nov 3, 2010, 3:03 PM |
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