RAvirani Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share Posted February 2, 2018 1 hour ago, danlodish345 said: AT&T over here shut down band 2 HSPA Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk AT&T generally only shuts down Band 2 HSPA in areas where they have LTE deployed (in an effort to increase on-air LTE spectrum). In areas without LTE, AT&T usually runs several WCDMA/HSPA/HSPA+ carriers on both Bands 5 and 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 2 hours ago, RAvirani said: Yeah, but they usually are able to get away with that because most of their deployment is HSPA or HSPA+ which peaks at 21 or 42 mbps (depending on the configuration). That’s about the same as, if not better than, a 5x5 LTE carrier. I have not hit a dual carrier HSPA+ AT&T site in many years. No more 42Mbps capable sites out there. If you are on AT&T HSPA/HSPA+ only site with no LTE nearby, then they are typically very heavily used. 2-5Mbps in most instances I have observed. It's only the HSPA+ colocated with LTE that typically runs really fast. Because most of the traffic is on LTE in those instances. Leaving FauxG wide open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAvirani Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share Posted February 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, S4GRU said: I have not hit a dual carrier HSPA+ AT&T site in many years. No more 42Mbps capable sites out there. If you are on AT&T HSPA/HSPA+ only site with no LTE nearby, then they are typically very heavily used. 2-5Mbps in most instances I have observed. It's only the HSPA+ colocated with LTE that typically runs really fast. Because most of the traffic is on LTE in those instances. Leaving FauxG wide open. I think there are a few non-LTE dual carrier HSPA+ sites left in rural Montana and Utah...but generally speaking, you’re right. They are becoming rarer and rarer. I’d say a majority of AT&T’s non-LTE areas today are probably 7.2 mbps WCDMA, which is not great, but gets the job done in most cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlodish345 Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 5 hours ago, RAvirani said: AT&T generally only shuts down Band 2 HSPA in areas where they have LTE deployed (in an effort to increase on-air LTE spectrum). In areas without LTE, AT&T usually runs several WCDMA/HSPA/HSPA+ carriers on both Bands 5 and 2. yes now it its just band 5 over here... and i am curious as to when hspa will be shut down....AT&T is running 50 MHZ here...LTE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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