HSPA+ Coverage

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nitrotech

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#61973 26-May-2010 21:12

I have just got a sierra 308 HSPA+ card I have swapped the sim into it and I am finding that it appears to be the same speed as the sierra 885.

Does anyone know if there is a coverage map somewhere for HSPA+ or if Rotorua has coverage yet?

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#335240 26-May-2010 21:22

After some reasearch it would appear it has in fact been completed
http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/reynolds-hspa-upgrade-complete-xt-marketing-resume-122743

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#335281 26-May-2010 22:15

codyc1515: After some reasearch it would appear it has in fact been completed
http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/reynolds-hspa-upgrade-complete-xt-marketing-resume-122743

Yeah I saw that article too and I wondered what complete meant eg. they are only doing a certian amount of sites/cities or that all XT towers have been upgraded.

It would be interesting to know.

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#335471 27-May-2010 12:54

TNZ have upgraded the entire XT network to HSPA+.

What speeds are you getting?

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#335625 27-May-2010 19:31

scorpiworld: TNZ have upgraded the entire XT network to HSPA+.

What speeds are you getting?

Have done some more testing and at times there seems to be a small speed increase...... maybe

On the 885 I can get a file down from microsoft at around 400kb/s on the 308 it's peaked at 530kb/s

Totally resepctable speed - yes, but is it worth buying an HSPA+ device? I think not.

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#335637 27-May-2010 20:55

nitrotech:
scorpiworld: TNZ have upgraded the entire XT network to HSPA+.

What speeds are you getting?

Have done some more testing and at times there seems to be a small speed increase...... maybe

On the 885 I can get a file down from microsoft at around 400kb/s on the 308 it's peaked at 530kb/s

Totally resepctable speed - yes, but is it worth buying an HSPA+ device? I think not.

If you're getting true HSPA+ then you should be getting downloads ~1.2MB/s or so.. which is what I was getting when I downloaded MS Patches.
HSUPA CAT8 7.2MB's you should get around the ~500KB or so, perhaps peaking to 550KB/s or 600KB/s.

I would ring up Telecom and ask them.

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#335649 27-May-2010 21:46

BarTender:
If you're getting true HSPA+ then you should be getting downloads ~1.2MB/s or so.. which is what I was getting when I downloaded MS Patches.
HSUPA CAT8 7.2MB's you should get around the ~500KB or so, perhaps peaking to 550KB/s or 600KB/s.

I would ring up Telecom and ask them.

Thanks for that, I am in Auckland tomorrow so I will see if it's any better there and then call telecom

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#335829 28-May-2010 16:07

Well Auckland looks good for speed

Auckland HSPA+

Rotorua is about half of that

HSPA+ Rotorua

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#335897 28-May-2010 18:55

Sad day when a mobile connection is 3x faster than my adsl.

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#335908 28-May-2010 19:31

my samsung cellphone goes about 3Mbps. :|

im shirley, christchurch.

*Insert big spe*dtest result here*

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#335923 28-May-2010 20:00

nitrotech: Well Auckland looks good for speed

That looks like HSPA+ to me.

nitrotech: Rotorua is about half of that

That looks like regular HSUPA 7.2MB CAT8.

Sounds like like Rotovegas hasn't been HSPA+'ed yet.

This is what I was getting in Wellington when I tested a Aircard 503 Express card.

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=39&topicid=59133&page_no=2#329087