AT&T’s 3G comes out on top in speed tests, will only get faster in 2009

May 15, 2008 – 8:58 am

The folks over at Computerworld just ran the current 3G providers in America through their paces, only to discover that AT&T came out on top in almost every category. Well, it appears the monolithic telco plans to keep its edge (er…) on the competition — by upping its HSPA service to a whopping 20Mbps come 2009. Our main man Ralph de la Vega said that the process wouldn’t require a major overhaul to the provider’s infrastructure, and that they’re already working on punching up the current 3.6Mbps speeds to 7.2Mbps “in the labs.” Apparently, this won’t stall plans for forthcoming 4G / 700MHz / LTE service from the company — it’ll just be icing on the cake.

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