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Answer» I'm wondering if anyone here has any idea if I can expect better download and upload speeds with this service (HSPA+)than with what I currently have. I live in a rural area and up until Mar 31 (the day that they release the HSPA+ service) the best that I can get is the service listed below. I realize that the speeds that I receive probably depend on distance from the cell tower etc., etc. The only thing that can add to this is to say that I currently receive excellent reception at my home on my cell phone. This description was copied from another thread. Well the ISP refers to it as a Broadband Internet Service. Now bear with me ,you may be sorry that you asked. My understanding is; a fiber optic cable runs to Fire Hall in a small town approx. 5 miles from where I live. From there the signal is then transmitted to a fairly large tower in my small village . From there the signal is transmitted to a (they call it a) radio that sits on the roof of my home. From the radio they use (I believe it's) a cat.5 cable to my PC. The speeds that I'm currently receiving are approx.as follows; Download 0.80 Mbps - Upload 0.22 Mbps Ping is all over the place but typically around 60 ms. Thank you, overthehill Quote from: overthehill on March 11, 2011, 12:51:38 PM I'm wondering if anyone here has any idea if I can expect better download and upload speeds with this service (HSPA+)than with what I currently have. I live in a rural area and up until Mar 31 (the day that they release the HSPA+ service) the best that I can get is the service listed below. I realize that the speeds that I receive probably depend on distance from the cell tower etc., etc. The only thing that can add to this is to say that I currently receive excellent reception at my home on my cell phone. This description was copied from another thread. Well the ISP refers to it as a Broadband Internet Service. Now bear with me ,you may be sorry that you asked. My understanding is; a fiber optic cable runs to Fire Hall in a small town approx. 5 miles from where I live. From there the signal is then transmitted to a fairly large tower in my small village . From there the signal is transmitted to a (they call it a) radio that sits on the roof of my home. From the radio they use (I believe it's) a cat.5 cable to my PC. The speeds that I'm currently receiving are approx.as follows; Download 0.80 Mbps - Upload 0.22 Mbps Ping is all over the place but typically around 60 ms. Thank you, overthehill Are you on DSL at the minute? If so, what's your noise ratio / margin like? To REALLY get your question answered you'd need to talk to the service provider. I wouldn't use the signal your phone gets as an indicator, as it's a different band completely, and it depends if the local towers are enabled and all sorts. Also, be aware of things like "breathing" and other things that can easily affect the coverage areas. Quote from: Sid on March 12, 2011, 10:09:25 AM Are you on DSL at the minute? If so, what's your noise ratio / margin like? To really get your question answered you'd need to talk to the service provider. I wouldn't use the signal your phone gets as an indicator, as it's a different band completely, and it depends if the local towers are enabled and all sorts. Also, be aware of things like "breathing" and other things that can easily affect the coverage areas. Thanks for replying .I'm on what my ISP refers to as "Broadband Internet Service" as I described in my original post. My current "High SPEED Internet" (and I use the term loosely) is very slow as I've indicated earlier.I was just kind of hoping that possibly someone was on this particular type of service (HSPA+) and could give some idea as to what to expect. Actually I've already made arrangements to try the new service. Almost anything would be better (except dial-up) to have than my current service. I realize too that my cell is on a completely different band. I just added this to show that reception from that tower is not a problem. For whatever reason I have a neighbor that lives less than 1/4 mile from me, he's with the same provider as I am, we have the identical cell phone an his reception is lousy. We're out in a rural area with no big buildings, no hydro lines, nothing different that we can think of, yet I get great reception and he doesn't. Go figure? Just for more info. I did try EVDO last year and the speeds with that were somewhere between dial-up and what I currently have. From the info. that I've read, HSPA+ is far superior to EVDO . I'm hoping that HSPA+ is also superior to what I currently have. I'm sure in a few weeks I'll have my answer. Again thanks, overthehill Based on this article you should get much faster speeds. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolved_HSPA Quote from: rthompson80819 on March 12, 2011, 11:30:09 AM Based on this article you should get much faster speeds. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolved_HSPA Thanks for your interest rthompson80819. Actually I had CHECKED out that link,found some others and from the reading that I've done it does look promising.The ISP makes it sound good too. When talking to a person from a satellite office (where I'll be dealing) yesterday, I was told that they still don't have much info. on HSPA+. No pricing etc.,etc. and very little ELSE. All she was able to provide is to say was it will be really good.? This is the same office that said (albeit last year) many people that were using EVDO were happy with that. After the little reading about this that I've done, it actually sounds like this technology has been around for some time and I was thinking that my area was left behind. I'm surprised that more people in rural areas either don't have this as an option, and if they do, I wonder why they are not using it?. Perhaps it's not as good as they say, or maybe it's terribly expensive? I guess I'm getting just a little anxious. Thanks again, overthehill Quote from: overthehill on March 12, 2011, 11:07:01 AM lives less than 1/4 mile from me, he's with the same provider as I am, we have the identical cell phone an his reception is lousy. We're out in a rural area with no big buildings, no hydro lines, nothing different that we can think of, yet I get great reception and he doesn't. Go figure? That's the nature of phone cells. There was a really good article on Gizmodo the other week explaining it all.

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I'm wondering if anyone here has any idea if I can expect better download and upload speeds with this service (HSPA+)than with what I currently have. I live in a rural area and up until Mar 31 (the day that they release the HSPA+ service) the best that I can get is the service listed below. I realize that the speeds that I receive probably depend on distance from the cell tower etc., etc. The only thing that can add to this is to say that I currently receive excellent reception at my home on my cell phone.

This description was copied from another thread.

Well the ISP refers to it as a Broadband Internet Service. Now bear with me ,you may be sorry that you asked. My understanding is; a fiber optic cable runs to Fire Hall in a small town approx. 5 miles from where I live. From there the signal is then transmitted to a fairly large tower in my small village . From there the signal is transmitted to a (they call it a) radio that sits on the roof of my home. From the radio they use (I believe it's) a cat.5 cable to my PC.

The speeds that I'm currently receiving are approx.as follows; Download 0.80 Mbps - Upload 0.22 Mbps
Ping is all over the place but typically around 60 ms.

Thank you, overthehill Quote from: overthehill on March 11, 2011, 12:51:38 PM

I'm wondering if anyone here has any idea if I can expect better download and upload speeds with this service (HSPA+)than with what I currently have. I live in a rural area and up until Mar 31 (the day that they release the HSPA+ service) the best that I can get is the service listed below. I realize that the speeds that I receive probably depend on distance from the cell tower etc., etc. The only thing that can add to this is to say that I currently receive excellent reception at my home on my cell phone.

This description was copied from another thread.

Well the ISP refers to it as a Broadband Internet Service. Now bear with me ,you may be sorry that you asked. My understanding is; a fiber optic cable runs to Fire Hall in a small town approx. 5 miles from where I live. From there the signal is then transmitted to a fairly large tower in my small village . From there the signal is transmitted to a (they call it a) radio that sits on the roof of my home. From the radio they use (I believe it's) a cat.5 cable to my PC.

The speeds that I'm currently receiving are approx.as follows; Download 0.80 Mbps - Upload 0.22 Mbps
Ping is all over the place but typically around 60 ms.

Thank you, overthehill

Are you on DSL at the minute? If so, what's your noise ratio / margin like?

To REALLY get your question answered you'd need to talk to the service provider. I wouldn't use the signal your phone gets as an indicator, as it's a different band completely, and it depends if the local towers are enabled and all sorts. Also, be aware of things like "breathing" and other things that can easily affect the coverage areas. Quote from: Sid on March 12, 2011, 10:09:25 AM

Are you on DSL at the minute? If so, what's your noise ratio / margin like?

To really get your question answered you'd need to talk to the service provider. I wouldn't use the signal your phone gets as an indicator, as it's a different band completely, and it depends if the local towers are enabled and all sorts. Also, be aware of things like "breathing" and other things that can easily affect the coverage areas.

Thanks for replying .I'm on what my ISP refers to as "Broadband Internet Service" as I described in my original post. My current "High SPEED Internet" (and I use the term loosely) is very slow as I've indicated earlier.I was just kind of hoping that possibly someone was on this particular type of service (HSPA+) and could give some idea as to what to expect.
Actually I've already made arrangements to try the new service. Almost anything would be better (except dial-up) to have than my current service. I realize too that my cell is on a completely different band. I just added this to show that reception from that tower is not a problem. For whatever reason I have a neighbor that lives less than 1/4 mile from me, he's with the same provider as I am, we have the identical cell phone an his reception is lousy. We're out in a rural area with no big buildings, no hydro lines, nothing different that we can think of, yet I get great reception and he doesn't. Go figure?
Just for more info. I did try EVDO last year and the speeds with that were somewhere between dial-up and what I currently have. From the info. that I've read, HSPA+ is far superior to EVDO . I'm hoping that HSPA+ is also superior to what I currently have. I'm sure in a few weeks I'll have my answer.

Again thanks, overthehill

Based on this article you should get much faster speeds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolved_HSPA Quote from: rthompson80819 on March 12, 2011, 11:30:09 AM

Based on this article you should get much faster speeds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolved_HSPA

Thanks for your interest rthompson80819. Actually I had CHECKED out that link,found some others and from the reading that I've done it does look promising.The ISP makes it sound good too. When talking to a person from a satellite office (where I'll be dealing) yesterday, I was told that they still don't have much info. on HSPA+. No pricing etc.,etc. and very little ELSE. All she was able to provide is to say was it will be really good.? This is the same office that said (albeit last year) many people that were using EVDO were happy with that. After the little reading about this that I've done, it actually sounds like this technology has been around for some time and I was thinking that my area was left behind. I'm surprised that more people in rural areas either don't have this as an option, and if they do, I wonder why they are not using it?. Perhaps it's not as good as they say, or maybe it's terribly expensive?

I guess I'm getting just a little anxious. Thanks again, overthehill Quote from: overthehill on March 12, 2011, 11:07:01 AM

lives less than 1/4 mile from me, he's with the same provider as I am, we have the identical cell phone an his reception is lousy. We're out in a rural area with no big buildings, no hydro lines, nothing different that we can think of, yet I get great reception and he doesn't. Go figure?

That's the nature of phone cells. There was a really good article on Gizmodo the other week explaining it all.

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