Cingular Upgrades Three 3G networks
So I gotta have an HSPA phone to take advantage of HSPDA speeds?
Its a little like the Sprint-Nextel thing where you can't take advantage of their combined coverage until the hybrid iDEN-CDMA phones come out, and then you gotta go get a new phone.
SystemShock said:
Hum, that mmight be ok for like a new sign up but others may not be 2 happy.
Its a little like the Sprint-Nextel thing where you can't take advantage of their combined coverage until the hybrid iDEN-CDMA phones come out, and then you gotta go get a new phone.
What did you expect? Your old phone to magically adjust to Cingular's upgraded network?
So they had to get a new 3G phone like last year to get the 3G benefits, and now they gotta go out and get yet ANOTHER phone to get the benefits of the HSPDA 3G?
I don't, but thats me.
But whatever works for you personally.
I"m just sayin that if you guys at Cingular are going to make me buy a new phone every year to keep up, that isn't something I like too much.
Btw, whats "1xrtt" and how many years has that been around? I don't remember hearing that term too much, but I don't know the whole cellular glossary yet.
When Verizon gets EV-DO Rev A, the next step, you'd have to acquire new equipment to keep up. Cingular is no different. Cingular will not shut down its GSM network just because it has HSDPA. Plus, UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA is the most efficient technology deployed, so I don't thing Cingular will dump it anytime soon.
Verizon recently came out with EV-DO. If you don't have a Motorola E815, LG VX8100 or other recent phones, you DON'T have EV-DO on your phone which means you are not up to date when it comes to data technology. Cingular is going to skip the UMTS only stage and jump right into UMTS with HSDPA upgrades. Verizon is going to come out with EV-DO Revision A and Cingular is going to come out with HSUPA.
So PLEASE don't act like Verizon is not doing the same thing with technology.
It is true, though. If you want the latest thing, you have to upgrade to pay for it. Your VCR won't play DVDs. Didn't they have this problem with TV's...when cable came out and tuners were needed to receive anything beyond 13?
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