umts vs. hsdpa
So I've heard that the N75 will be no better than EDGE devices because it doesn't carry hsdpa. Is this difference going to be so bad that you notice a huge Cingular Video, and MediaNet surfing?? I'm in love with 3g, especially during football season, and I'm ready to upgrade from the cu500. I just don't want to downgrade for a device that is TOO much slower. I can live with a little bit slower.
Little info please......
Little info please......
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Thats not true. UMTS is MUCH faster then Edge.
Edge is about 130kb.
UMTS is about 300kb.
HSDPA is about 700kb.
And those are speeds relevent to current Cingular handsets and network capability.
UMTS can spike at 700k and HSDPA can spike at 1.5mb and get up to 3+ when Cingular is ready.
UMTS actually IS hsdpa. Just a software upgrade seperates them. UMTS supports Cingular video just fine. You just have to wait a hair longer for it to buffer, that's all. 🙂
Edge is about 130kb.
UMTS is about 300kb.
HSDPA is about 700kb.
And those are speeds relevent to current Cingular handsets and network capability.
UMTS can spike at 700k and HSDPA can spike at 1.5mb and get up to 3+ when Cingular is ready.
UMTS actually IS hsdpa. Just a software upgrade seperates them. UMTS supports Cingular video just fine. You just have to wait a hair longer for it to buffer, that's all. 🙂
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Cingular Hitman said:
Thats not true. UMTS is MUCH faster then Edge.
Edge is about 130kb.
UMTS is about 300kb.
HSDPA is about 700kb.
And those are speeds relevent to current Cingular handsets and network capability.
UMTS can spike at 700k and HSDPA can spike at 1.5mb and get up to 3+ when Cingular is ready.
UMTS actually IS hsdpa. Just a software upgrade seperates them. UMTS supports Cingular video just fine. You just have to wait a hair longer for it to buffer, that's all. 🙂
i was in a suburb of Atlanta last week and was able to use my Dell D620 on UMTS. WOW. i ran speed tests on a few different days at different times and got nearly the same results every time: 910k down/350k up. i have a ...
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its not goin to be in my area till 2008. Lexington, Ky Market...saddens me at least im going to Miami in January to test it out!
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2008??? 😳 where the heck are you? Are you sure? I mean, who told you this? as far as I know no-one could give a date so far ahead...
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Don't listen to the nerds who only care about theoretical speeds.
Here's my case for why UMTS will be significantly faster than EDGE for YOU. There are FAR fewer people on UMTS than EDGE. Networks that are less congested will perform better and closer to their theoretical limit than those with heavy traffic.
For those that are seeing fast speeds on Cingular's 3G network, enjoy them while you can.
Here's my case for why UMTS will be significantly faster than EDGE for YOU. There are FAR fewer people on UMTS than EDGE. Networks that are less congested will perform better and closer to their theoretical limit than those with heavy traffic.
For those that are seeing fast speeds on Cingular's 3G network, enjoy them while you can.
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