Independent Study Shows T-Mobile's 4G Data Performance Faster Than All Its Rival's Discussion

[Grant Hatchimonji]

While the debate continues over whether or not T-Mobile actually has a 4G network as advertised, a new independent third-party study has turned in results stating that the wireless carrier delivers the fastest wireless data performance in the top 100 U.S. markets.

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[Varjak]

The ironic thing is that T-Mobile doesn't even consider this '4G.' They call it '3.5G' or something.

When I posted a while back that HSPA+ would be at least as good as some of the other systems proposed at the time, a lot of people poo-pooed the comment.

Verizon was supposed to be doing this too; but I guess they jumped straight to LTE.

[Drillbit]

T-Mobile certainly calls it 4G in their ads and in their phones aka MyTouch 4G. The ruling body for this has recently already formally listed HSPA+ as 4G.

[Antoine Wright]

Its officially 4G now (silly ITU change).
Its also easier to be the faster network in actual use when there are fewer folks hitting your towers in a given area (selection or word-use bias perhaps on the study?).

[Varjak]

To-may-toe, To-mah-toe. The original press release called it '4G-like speeds.' And only very recently was it re-classified. Still, it's great technology.

My point stands. I was a big believer in HSPA+ from the beginning. It seems to make a heck of a lot more sense to me, since it's easier to make hardware compatible. And T-Mobile (or Rogers in Canada) doesn't charge extra for it.

[Antoine Wright]

Oh, it makes a ton of sense, unless you are a CDMA carrier

[Varjak]

Wink all you like. Verizon actually had a way to implement these speeds with a 3.5G or whatever you want to call it, technology. They just chose to go straight to LTE.

[Antoine Wright]

Wink all you like. Verizon actually had a way to implement these speeds with a 3.5G or whatever you want to call it, technology. They just chose to go straight to LTE.

Man, you really like me today don't ya

Yes, they did have a route to WCDMA modes that would have meant that they wouldn't need to run two networks at the same time (LTE is going to be data-only for a number of years, VoLTE ain't anywhere near finalized, nor is OneVoice for handoffs back and forth CDMA and LTE networks). They chose this route, and using the spectrum they bought, it made the most sense. I don't know that they would have gone LTE without that extra spectrum though.