AT&T Plans to Roll Out HSUPA... To Some
September 25, 2007 by Vincent
"Huh?" Some may say. Well lets break this down before we get into anything. There are a few different standards for wireless data transfer, such as EDGE (mega slow), GPRS (still slow), 3G or HSDPA (resonably fast), and HSUPA (just plain fast). This are standards used in the US and other regions to rate the speed of data transferred wirelessly to you phone.
Now AT&T currently has 3G rolled out in some area, GPRS in others, and still some sad souls stuck with EDGE. Well they have just announced that they will be rolling out the nexty upgrade to their service with HSUPA which will improve on the 3G speed of 120 Kbps to a nice 500-800 Kbps. That is certainly a nice little bump. Although AT&T said this will not be available in all areas, so you can probably bet you most likely won't have it, also they do not plan to upgrade their entire network to 3G, which I personally think would be better for all customers. Instead Some select areas will have great speed while some are still stuck in the EDGE darkness. Honestly this is the kind of move I would expect from a company like AT&T.
[Source: phonescoop]
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