Originally Posted by BKM:
“However, as most of 3's network is now DC-HSPDA (HSDPA+) enabled you can get speeds on 3' s 3G network that others *ONLY* manage on 4G!!! 3 are also rolling out 4G pretty swiftly - and at no extra cost!
HSDPA+ has a theoretical download limit of 21.6Mbs. I have seen between 15 and 18 in reality at times on 3!”
Rolling out 4G swiftly? HAHAHAHAHA
Three is struggling with its rollout strategy thats no secret. I also think you will find achieving those very speeds on DC-HSPA is often very rare in urban environments, go take a walk down Oxford St on a weekday or Market St in Manchester any day of the week.
Those DC speeds were very good abour 2 years ago, however I have yet to see my phone achieve more that 6-7Mbps on Three, 4G is not as swift as we would like. But then again I don't complain for the majority of people who like to stream music or watch videos on youtube, even posting a facebook message, Three is more that ok.
I don't buy into the crap that DC-HSPA is as good as 4G it isn't, you need only look at EE's network rolling out DC-HSPA in partnership with Three, that yields better results. EE regularly returns 25-30Mbps 4G speeds for me where I live and work, DC is about 15Mbps which I think is adequate.
However on a more sincere note, people are getting hung up about speeds and all that jazz. That is folly, there a many technologies being trialled (as alluded to by Jabba on countless occasions) at the moment, 4G being the least of them. Speeds are only part of the equation, capacity, coverage all matter as well. Personally I think of 4G as an enabler and not a revolutionary step, it increases the amount of things that can be done on your phone, crucially it doesn't change how you use it either.