T-Mobile 3G network does voice and 384kbps data!
[Update] It looks like T-Mobile's 3G network is good to go on the data side. I wish I was in New York and owned a handset with 1700Mhz UMTS to test out the 3G network, but reports indicate that speeds are as expected. Full 3G is better than voice-only 3G on T-Mobile's 1700Mhz AWS spectrum. Post updated. Talk about a let-down. The T-Mobile USA 3G network launch that we thought was going to usher in a new age of high-speed 3G data for T-Mobile users in the US turns out to be nothing more than a voice-only service for now. According to T-Mobile, "the first phase of [T-Mobile's] 3G roll out supports voice only." To their credit, 3G voice allows for better voice quality and higher network capacity. But, without high-speed data, the excitement of T-Mobile's 3G network has already started to fade. --- Related Articles at IntoMobile:
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