By David Meyer, 1 July 2008 08:48
NEWS
T-Mobile will today turn on its fast uplink mobile broadband service, claiming it is the first UK operator to do so on a nationwide basis.
High-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), also known as 'super-3G', is already commonly rolled out across the UK, but its counterpart - high-speed uplink packet access (HSUPA) - has only recently been appearing, and on a limited basis. HSUPA will be crucial for those who want to upload content to the web from their phones or laptops, rather than simply downloading it.
T-Mobile UK chief executive Jim Hyde said on Monday that the operator was addressing "the growing passion for sharing photos and videos on social-networking sites". T-Mobile has also upgraded its HSDPA speed to a theoretical maximum of 7.2Mbps, or up to 4.5Mbps in the real world. The HSUPA link promises uplink speeds of up to 1.4Mbps.
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1. anonymous
"Theoretical maximum" is the right phrase.
My Web'n'walk connects (it says) at 3.6Mbs, but the app supplied with it shows that I often get rates less than (56kbs) dial-up used to give me... and that's with 5-bars of signal.
So where has the bandwidth goen?