O2 & Hsdpa

caster

Anyone know how much of O2's 3G sites are actually converted to HSDPA?

I reckon a large proportion of Dublin is now 3G on O2 (at least if the indicator on my phone is to be believed) but I have no HSDPA phone to check if the speeds are up towards the magical 3 mbps direction.... anyone on 02 have an N95 or some other HSDPA phone?

Urban Weigl

O2's network is mostly 3.6 Mbps at this point, I think. Or at the very least, it will be 'very soon now'.

JNive

not sure as to the extent of it, however it is at 3.6mbps on the SJR Quay mast ( whether thats just for testing or its standard im not aware of ).

3G coverage is extensive in all the major cities, but as to the degree of HSDPA-enablement, just have to wait and see :-)

cold_filter

I presume they will do what vodafone did and initially start with major population centres, i.e. dublin,cork,galway waterford, though with a planned launch for the summer i'm sure this is already done.

So next it would be the bigger towns, drogheda, naas etc.

jimmycrackcorm

Urban Weigl wrote:

O2's network is mostly 3.6 Mbps at this point, I think. Or at the very least, it will be 'very soon now'.

At €1 per mb it's a quick way to lighten your bank account...

AlmightyCushion

jimmycrackcorm wrote:

At €1 per mb it's a quick way to lighten your bank account...

A euro a mb. What a bunch of thievin b@stards.

dubal

AlmightyCushion wrote:

A euro a mb. What a bunch of thievin b@stards.

hmmm! compared to 5.99 for 100mb from three!

caster

AlmightyCushion wrote:

A euro a mb. What a bunch of thievin b@stards.

I'm on the 2GB for €40 + vat Data tariff to get around that. Speed on standard 3G is severely trying my patience though.

Flying

I have a Htc TYTN,

Have noticed HSDPA within Dundalk alternating with 3G.

Along the M50 aswell I receive a pretty strong signal and also got it in Waterford last week within the city itself.

I am limited to 1.5MB speed on my phone but is pretty quick.

Flankerb

Hi Flying,
Is there an icon for hsdpa? I the vodafone version of the tytn and have never seen it change from 3g.

Flying

I have the WM6 ROM on board and changes from 3G to H within area's where both are and G where neither is.

You should Sim and CID Unlock your TYTN and then apply an WM6 ROM.

Goto here :

http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=254

But my Advice is to read the Wiki First then follow all the steps to upgrade the bootloader etc.

Also take note of all the Vodafone settings Wap/Web/MMS

as they will have to be entered manually once to enable them

Flankerb

cheers flying thanks for the advice.

caster

There was some talk in the supplement to the Sunday Business Post that O2 will launch their HSDPA service in early July. Think it came directly from O2 themselves . Anyone heard anything about this?

Guess they'll have to price competitively now that 3 have upped the ante

billbond4

Asked in O2 shop at the weekend, and she said it will probably be the end of summer/ september.
She said they were supposed to be sent on training courses early in the year, but they still havent been sent on them

JNive

Training Courses are occurring already, and i believe i have already hinted at a possible window for the launch date recently lol

cold_filter

Launch is sceduled for early summer, no doubt this will be delayed so realistically it will be september i'd say if not later.

JNive

gotta love the irish telecoms market lol, although the K3m is looking very nice up here at the moment, especially with its HSDPA :-) :-)