AT&T 3G Rollout - Latest markets launching

[PaulieORF]

My bet is that every Cingular employee you spoke to had no clue. Most of them dont and are giving dates just to make people "happy". They really dont know whats going on and I dont think the higher ups even want to devulge that info to them. And for good reason, because if you give a rollout date, then you are expected to do it by that date. They are trying to avoid ticking people off by not coming through, therefore they just dont say anything. Unfortunatly its apparent some CSRs dont understand the reasoning behind not giving false dates.

I agree. I'd rather them tell me that they do not know, than give me dates that don't ever hold up.

[JiveDonkey]

well tampa has it now, just waiting for it to arrive here in Sarasota...

[dan1431]

See, this is why I wish I still had worked for Cingular. I left the day before the 3G kick off happened in NYC. I was under assumption that they were using both UMTS networks. I can see why my voice and data are horrible if only on the 1900.......

My understanding(as a Cingular End-User)is at the moment in the NY Metro area Cingular is using the 1900MHz PCS band until they can free up enough spectrum from the TDMA network to run a dual-band 850MHz/1900MHz UMTS network .

Dan

[newsguyinfl]

I had a 3g indicator on my Blackjack for about 20 minutes tonight in the western suburbs of Minneapolis. I didn't speed test, but sling was working better than it ever has in this area. Anyone know if they're actually getting ready to launch in the twin cities?

[cingulartreo]

I heard that 1900 will be for voice and 850 for data, with the better penetration characteristics.

[pulski]

Does anyone have any info on when 3G might be available along I-91 in Western Massachusetts? (Franklin County in my case) I'm itching for a new phone/PDA, but I want to wait until I can take advantage of the better data access.

[formercanuck]

I heard that 1900 will be for voice and 850 for data, with the better penetration characteristics.

Voice and data run on the same spectrum... this isn't EVDO.

[andy4310]

I had a 3g indicator on my Blackjack for about 20 minutes tonight in the western suburbs of Minneapolis. I didn't speed test, but sling was working better than it ever has in this area. Anyone know if they're actually getting ready to launch in the twin cities?

This is good news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MPLS / ST. PAUL NEEDS 3G ASAP!!!

[dbd]

Voice and data run on the same spectrum... this isn't EVDO.

as i know youre right...

[dan1431]

I was in Clifton, NJ. and I glanced down at my TyTN and lo and behold it showed the U symbol.

I did three dslreports speed tests and I was getting speeds in the 800-900kbps range however, it soon stopped after a few minutes....the UMTS network seems to be in testing.

Dan

[Joel954]

Voice and data run on the same spectrum... this isn't EVDO.

What do you mean? Is EVDO slower or not as reliable?

[wierdo]

He means that EVDO and 1x do not share frequencies, EV-DO requires a separate 1.25MHz (rev.A also requires another 1.25MHz for a separate uplink, while Rev.0 uses the existing 1x uplink) of spectrum and the devices can't do voice and data simultaneously.

[dan1431]

My limited understanding is that in the future, they are going to use VOIP to carry voice over the EVDO Rev. A or B(not sure which) since by itself EVDO cannot carry voice traffic.

Dan

[Joel954]

He means that EVDO and 1x do not share frequencies, EV-DO requires a separate 1.25MHz (rev.A also requires another 1.25MHz for a separate uplink, while Rev.0 uses the existing 1x uplink) of spectrum and the devices can't do voice and data simultaneously.

Cingular's 3g can do voice and data at the same time. You can talk on the phone and surf the web at the same time.

[wierdo]

Yes. Who ever said you couldn't?