Thread: Telus getting ready for HSPA

Looks like Telus is ready to add HSPA to their 3G. One of our sources was nice enough to take this screen shot of their computer screen at work. This will give Telus users faster download speeds of up to 14Mb/s and up to 5.8Mb/s upload speeds. They will join the other carriers now who have been using the HSPA with their 3G. Once we get more information on this we will add an update.

This is great news! Hopefully VZW gets in sooner like the rumors has buzzed

This really makes Tmobile's data network look bad.

Wirelessly posted (9630)

Wowho! Because at telus the future is friendly!

I hear soft roll out should start in august. Goal is to have it up in full operation before the olympic's in February.

Originally Posted by sunkast

This really makes Tmobile's data network look bad.

TMobile uses HSPA already.

quoted from the T-mobile site

third-generation (3G) wireless network by launching its UMTS/HSDPA

I guess I meant devices that take advantage of it...

Thanks BlackberryOS for the updte....Good news for our Telus users :arms:

Originally Posted by sunkast

I guess I meant devices that take advantage of it...

You are right, I have played with devices that use TMO's 3G and it's awful. Using a speed test it clocked a wicked fast 220kb down and 96kb up.

Hhhmmm in that picture I can see that there is a space to enter SIM # does that mean that Telus now support GSM phones? If so this might support the rumor that the "you know what phone" is coming to Telus?

Originally Posted by burridge007

Hhhmmm in that picture I can see that there is a space to enter SIM # does that mean that Telus now support GSM phones? If so this might support the rumor that the "you know what phone" is coming to Telus?

It's very possible! That being said Apple is working on CDMA variant for their iPhone that would work on CDMA here in the US and GMS/UMTS overseas. And that phone is rumored to be heading to VZW.

Originally Posted by jlevy73

It's very possible! That being said Apple is working on CDMA variant for their iPhone that would work on CDMA here in the US and GMS/UMTS overseas. And that phone is rumored to be heading to VZW.

I have heard the same as well jlevy but I would like to add this. This variant I heard would be a very basic stripped down model of the current iPhone. I'll try and find the article I read comparing the two. Of course it was all speculation.

Originally Posted by MePascal

I have heard the same as well jlevy but I would like to add this. This variant I heard would be a very basic stripped down model of the current iPhone. I'll try and find the article I read comparing the two. Of course it was all speculation.

Well it is VZW we are talking about, I would expect no less

This is an excerpt from MSNBC:

The addition of the country’s largest mobile operator as an additional channel for Apple would handle that nicely. However, there are a lot of obstacles and ‘what ifs’ in the way.

“The iPhone brand could not be a part of the deal, and Apple and Verizon would need to be cautious in how a voice/data terminal (such as a media pad) is positioned so that it doesn’t violate the AT&T exclusivity deal.”

A smaller, thinner iPhone “lite” and a “media pad” that could be used to make calls over Wi-Fi connection are in the works, according to a source who has seen the devices’ prototypes,

Suzanne Choney

I agree jlevy..It's VZW....Nothing more to say. They know they are the best game in town when it comes to coverage.

Originally Posted by MePascal

I agree jlevy..It's VZW....Nothing more to say. They know they are the best game in town when it comes to coverage.

If only they had prices like Tmobile.

Originally Posted by MePascal

This is an excerpt from MSNBC:




I agree jlevy..It's VZW....Nothing more to say. They know they are the best game in town when it comes to coverage.

Thanks Michael. Still sounds interesting and would be a major boom for VZW. I can just hear AT&T crying right now.

Originally Posted by sunkast

If only they had prices like Tmobile.

Very true, I guess the coverage comes with a price

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Good find BBOS

Does anybody know why the Storm and Tour have HSPA GSM radios in them, but if you unlock them, they will only get EDGE?

I'm not sure mule....I'm asking because I don't know, How do you know that they only get the EDGE? Is this something you have read about?