It may not have beaten the likes of Australias Telstra to the 21Mbps mark, but Rogers Wireless has still earned some pretty impressive bragging rights as the first carrier in North America to move on up to HSPA , which (theoretically) more than doubles the maximum speeds of the current 7.2 Mbps network. According to Rogers, itll begin to "progressively increase" download speeds starting in August, with the Greater Toronto Area expectedly first on deck to get a taste of all that bandwidth -- although Rogers does say that itll "expand quickly over the coming months" in other cities across Canada and eventually cover the entire country. Those south of the border shouldnt feel too glum about the situation however, as last we had heard, AT&T was "likely" to bypass HSPA altogether and move straight from 7.2Mbps to LTE and the ludicrous speeds it promises.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Rogers Wireless begins 21Mbps HSPA rollout, a first in North America
It may not have beaten the likes of Australias Telstra to the 21Mbps mark, but Rogers Wireless has still earned some pretty impressive bragging rights as the first carrier in North America to move on up to HSPA , which (theoretically) more than doubles the maximum speeds of the current 7.2 Mbps network. According to Rogers, itll begin to "progressively increase" download speeds starting in August, with the Greater Toronto Area expectedly first on deck to get a taste of all that bandwidth -- although Rogers does say that itll "expand quickly over the coming months" in other cities across Canada and eventually cover the entire country. Those south of the border shouldnt feel too glum about the situation however, as last we had heard, AT&T was "likely" to bypass HSPA altogether and move straight from 7.2Mbps to LTE and the ludicrous speeds it promises.
