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Originally Posted by Cue View Post
I don't have HSPA+ equipment I have an N900 with HSPA only and my contract is capped anyway.

HSPA+ is 4G, it was allowed to be called 4G because it was an improved network that could still compete with LTE and WiMax.

here is a speedtest in Finland with HSPA+
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XfG9...eature=related

If you want to know about the improvements in HSPA+ over HSPA.
http://www.qualcomm.com/common/docum...and_021309.pdf
Please stop this bs. HSPA+ is certainly not 4G. It is 3G technology. Even LTE is actually more of a 3G tech.

Here is a quote for you from Wikipedia:
The following standards are typically branded 3G:

the UMTS system, first offered in 2001, standardized by 3GPP, used primarily in Europe, Japan, China (however with a different radio interface) and other regions predominated by GSM 2G system infrastructure. The cell phones are typically UMTS and GSM hybrids. Several radio interfaces are offered, sharing the same infrastructure:
The original and most widespread radio interface is called W-CDMA.
The TD-SCDMA radio interface was commercialised in 2009 and is only offered in China.
The latest UMTS release, HSPA+, can provide peak data rates up to 56 Mbit/s in the downlink in theory (28 Mbit/s in existing services) and 22 Mbit/s in the uplink.
And yes so you can theoretically get around 8 Mbit/s but that kind of speeds really are uncommon even here in Espoo with good HSPA+ coverage.

Useless network upgrade if you ask me.
 

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