Fellow road warriors, we bring you excellent news: starting today, T-Mobile customers across 55 markets — including Chicago, Detroit, Honolulu, Pittsburgh, Miami, and lots of more — may have immediate access to a faster HSPA+ “4G” network. This suggests anyone with compatible devices can achieve theoretical download speeds of as much as a whopping 42Mbps, rather than just 21Mbps from the great ol’ days. But obviously, only time will tell whether this upgrade will deliver its promise — you can recall that even AT&T’s LTE demo last week delivered “realistic” download speeds of as much as just 28.9Mbps, when in theory it may be able to hitting as much as 100Mbps.
Anyhow, with a purpose to soldier on and be a guinea pig an early adopter, then help yourself to ZTE’s Rocket 3.0 USB modem stick starting tomorrow — the entry price is $99.99 after a $50 mail in rebate, but tied to a two-year broadband plan of 2GB or higher; otherwise you can decide on the contract-free price of $199.99. Hit the click release after the break for the whole list of activated markets.
Additionally, T-Mobile’s first 42 Mbps-capable 4G product, the T-Mobile Rocket® 3.0 laptop stick, could be available for purchase beginning May 25. The Rocket 3.0, manufactured by ZTE, is designed to exploit T-Mobile’s faster 4G network speeds. The T-Mobile Rocket 3.0 would be available May 25th for $99.99 after a $50 mail in rebate, with a qualifying mobile broadband plan (2GB or higher) on a two year service agreement, with voice line and enrollment in Easy Pay. Customers may also purchase the T-Mobile Rocket 3.0 with out a contract for $199.99.
As T-Mobile’s 4G network continues to expand and get faster, the company’s portfolio of 4G products can be growing. T-Mobile currently offers a dozen 4G-capable devices spanning smartphones, tablets and mobile broadband products that give customers access to America’s Largest 4G Network. The corporate has announced plans to deliver a complete of 25 4G-capable devices in 2011.
T-Mobile’s 4G network already reaches greater than 200 million Americans in 170 markets. By mid-year, T-Mobile expects that greater than 150 million Americans can have access to increased 4G speeds as T-Mobile upgrades its 4G network.
In March, T-Mobile announced that buyers in Las Vegas, Long island and Orlando, Fla., were the 1st within the country to experience these increased 4G speeds. It truly is our second roll out and this is immediately available to those additional markets.
The total list of latest markets includes: Albany, GA; Athens, GA; Atlanta, GA; Auburn, AL; Augusta, GA; Austin, TX; Bentonville, AR; Boulder, CO; Chattanooga, TN; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL; Denver, CO; Detroit, MI; Durham, NC; El Paso, TX; Fort Collins, CO; Gainesville, FL; Gainesville, GA; Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Houston, TX; Jacksonville, FL; New york, NY; La-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA; Macon, GA; Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Miami, FL; New Orleans, LA; Oklahoma City, OK; Olympia, WA; Omaha, NE; Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA; Phoenix, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Ponce, Puerto Rico; Portland, OR; Salinas, CA; San Francisco – Oakland-Fremont, CA; San Jose – Sunnyvale – Santa Clara, CA; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA; Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA; Savannah, GA; Seattle, WA; Spokane, WA; Tampa, FL; Tulsa, OK; Valdosta, GA; Vallejo-Fairfield, CA; Warner Robins, GA and Wichita, KS.
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