T-Mobile’s 21Mbs/sec speed up and running in Philadelphia already?!

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So much for a predicted 2010 rollout of their HSPA+ 21 Mb/s 3G service. Those in Philadelphia are already getting the ridiculous 3G speed!
Now, one can assume that T-Mobile is still expecting a 2010 rollout and that this is just a premature test of concept to see if it will work before they start full on trying to roll this bad boy out. But still exciting news for T-Mobile users.
The other good news about this is that it is supposedly backwards compatible! That means no new hardware to get the faster speeds. It will work on any phone that currently supports T-Mobile’s 3G frequency (1700mhz).

Now, I’m not in Philly so can’t test this myself, but are any of our readers out there with a 3G enabled phone? Notice a difference? Try a mobile speed test site and tell use what speeds your getting (it won’t be 21Mbs but it should still be pretty damn good).

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  • alex

    when i run a 512k speedtest on mobile speed test
    i get 27.59 mbps

    a 1MB test gives me 14.73mbps

    a 3MB test gives me 10.89mbps

    that is really fast. i rember the days of napster when dwonloading a 3mb mp3 took 20 mins on a good day

    • Hello Alex,

      Whoa, wait, seriously? Do you live in Philly? Can you tether your laptop to your phone and then do a print screen on the speed test and send it to us? If that is correct, that is an amazing speed my friend. The 21MBs is theoretical speed, if you getting what you are saying that is pretty extraordinary lol

  • doug

    Alex,
    The phone is only suppose to support upto HSDPA 7.2, so that makes it really extraordinary. The Moto Cliq will be the first truely HSPA+ device for TMO.