Just in time for the rumored June 9 iPhone debut, AT&T is giving its HSPA network a big speed boost. The company says that by the end of June it will have deployed HSUPA throughout its 3G markets, giving its customers downlink speeds between 700 Kbps and 1.7 Mbps and uplink speeds between 500 Kbps and 1.2 Mbps.
Also key to this speed increase is the fact that AT&T launched a new bundled offering called AT&T Net Reach, that combines AT&T's wireless and wireline networks, giving subscribers access to both AT&T's landline high speed Internet service and its wireless services such as AT&T's WiFi hotspots or its HSPA or Edge wireless data network. The Net Reach plans start at $79.95 per month and can be purchased by new or existing residential and business customers who subscribe to AT&T's high speed Internet and the LaptopConnect services.-Sue Marek
For more:
- see this Net Reach press release [1]
- and this HSPA press release [2]
Related stories:
AT&T looks to roll out HSPA [3] in time for 3G iPhone
AT&T: HSPA [4] will provide 20 Mbps data speeds
Links:
[1] http://www.fiercewireless.com/press-releases/new-t-net-reach-bundle-delivers-high-speed-internet-solution-customers-home-and-go-0
[2] http://www.fiercewireless.com/press-releases/t-reports-3g-wireless-download-speeds-1-7-mbps-laptopconnect-customers-20-percent-i-0
[3] http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/att-looks-to-roll-out-hspa-in-time-for-3g-iphone/2008-05-22
[4] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/t-hspa-will-provide-20-mbps-data-speeds/2008-05-14