T-Mobile HSPA+ available in 5 new markets

By George Wong on 03/11/2011 05:44 PDT

Great news for folks looking to hop onto T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network – T-Mobile has just announced the addition of 5 new markets to join “America’s Largest 4G Network”. The 5 new locations that can now access their 21Mbps network are: Des Moines, Iowa; Gainesville and Panama City, Florida; Monterey, California; and Savannah, Georgia. So if you’re living in one of those locations, you can now enjoy the full potential of your Dell Streak 7, myTouch 4G, G2, and the Galaxy S 4G (well, at least until their 42Mbps network rolls out). How many of you will be getting a new 4G device to go with T-Mobile’s new coverage?

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HSPA+ is also known as Evolved High-Speed Packet Access. It is a mobile broadband protocol that was defined by the 3GPP standard, release 7. In Theory, the HSPA+ data rate can go up to 84 Mbps (Megabits per second) downstream (to the mobile), and 22Mbps upstream (back to the tower). These numbers are achieved by using multiple streams, so they should be considered theoretical and peak performance numbers. The HSPA+ specifications support up to 168Mbps of theoretical peak rate. Although many HSPA+ carriers call it 4G, it is very different from 4G LTE.

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