AT&T speeds it up to 7.2, too
After T-Mobile says it has upgraded its entire 3G network to HSPA 7.2, AT&T is quick to say "Us, too!" Except not really, because it's not done yet and it still needs more capacity. Oh well, at least the company is trying.
Hot on the heels of T-Mobile's announcement earlier that it is improving its entire 3G network to HSPA 7.2 comes the announcement from AT&T in an investor call that it, too, has done an HSPA 7.2 improvement of its own. AT&T says it has completed a software upgrade to all 3G cell sites nationwide that promises faster 3G speeds, plus it hopes to add capacity to the backbone network itself.
This doesn't mean AT&T customers will all get HSPA 7.2 right away, though; only six U.S. cities will get it initially: Charlotte, N.C., Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, and Miami. Apparently AT&T has started turning things up over in those cities starting last month. Noticeably absent are the two hardest-hit cities when it comes to AT&T outages, New York City and San Francisco. Here's hoping that AT&T will step it up soon before customers start looking elsewhere. AT&T currently offers 10 HSPA 7.2-compatible devices, including of course, the iPhone 3GS.