Vodafone HSDPA in Kilmeaden

Tubbritt

Hi all.

Just wanted to let everyone know that it seems that Vodafone have turned on the HSDPA signal in the Kilmeaden area today.

I’m getting between 1200kbps, to 1500kbps tonight, where all along I could only get the normal 380kbps 3G singal. Sweet stuff !!!!! It's very fast and seem very stable, even with only 2 bars of 3G.

Myxomatosis

Is HSDPA not more like 3.6mbps ?

Thats what I was connected at in Carlow town

legs11

is that where they make the cheese..?:D

Sam Vimes

Myxomatosis wrote:

Is HSDPA not more like 3.6mbps ?

Thats what I was connected at in Carlow town

yes it is but thats ideal

quintron

3.6mbps is a theoretical max for HSDPA just as 384kbps is a theoretical max for std 3G.. real world usage on averages usually differs from the advertised max.

wirelessdude

Myxomatosis wrote:

Is HSDPA not more like 3.6mbps ?

Thats what I was connected at in Carlow town

voda is max 1.8 at the moment..3.6 due to be switched on next month

Urban Weigl

Anybody know if Vodafone have any plans to switch on 14.4 Mbps yet?

cold_filter

14.4 will be at least a year down the road if not more

wirelessdude

well to be honest voda don't have any hardware available that supports 14.4

at the moment it is 1.8, due to move to 3.6 by end of april(subject to change)

7.2 is sometime after christmas and have no idea as to plans for 14.4 going forward

Sam Vimes

wirelessdude wrote:

voda is max 1.8 at the moment..3.6 due to be switched on next month

is it not 1.4?

edit: yes it is

vodafone wrote:

It's fast - download speeds of up to 1.4Mbps**

http://vodafone.ie/generic/3gbroadband.jsp?bannerdesc=home_image_P_3g_broadband_100107

Urban Weigl

Commander Vimes, it is actually "up to" 1.8 Mbps, however Vodafone are advertising it as 1.4 Mbps to avoid setting expectations too high, since this is the maximum typical speeds you will usually see.

Urban Weigl

Just to clarify, current HSDPA deployment support:

1.8 Mbps
3.6 Mbps
7.2 Mbps
14.4 Mbps