Rumour: NextG to get faster very soon?
This is one of those ‘friend of a friend’ rumours, but it’s harmless enough so we thought we’d share. An inquisitive reader was shooting the breeze with a Telstra techie recently, and was told that new HSUPA data rates are less than a month off from release. He mentions 7.2Mbit down / 3Mbit up.
Virtual Blackberry software also got a mention as being available in a similar timeframe, set for Windows Mobile 6 handsets only. Grains of salt ahoy on the timings, but it’s all something to look forward to for the NextG crew… so long as that ‘less than a month’ doesn’t turn into a year.
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Any suggestions for what that woman is saying in the picture?
“Nobody knows I watch porn on my RAZR thanks to NextG’s awesome bandwidth!”
Well thats great now all we need is for it to be affordable.
I work out in the bush a lot and needed the coverage, but as far as price goes on the internet connection I wont even look at it.
It would be nice to remotely connect to the internet at night but at about $1 per meg it just isnt worth it.
Yes it can be cheaper in prepaid packs but still I would much prefer to settle for 512k internet at a fraction of the cost…
So what with all these speed! Their data charge is just ridculous. $59 for 200MB vs 3’s X-series plan $20 for 500MB. What gives???
This would be great if we were in the US where bandwidth was practically free, but here in Oz with our ridiculously high bandwidth costs I just don’t care.
I got given information which said that HSUPA and HSDPA 7.2Mbit are coming next week. However, the plans for the faster speeds are around $89 for 1GB including HSUPA.