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axxxr Posts: > 500

81 percent of the Dutch population will now be be able to use the super-fast mobile broadband provided by T-Mobile. In the forthcoming months, T-Mobile will further expand the network in order to enable even more clients to experience mobile Internet in the same way as at their home and office.

Niek Jan van Damme, General Manager T-Mobile Netherlands: "We are happy with our decision to offer HSDPA directly and skip UMTS. From 1 January 2007, 81 percent of the Dutch will be able to use mobile broadband Internet while on the move. With this, we offer clients the same Internet experience that they are used to at home and in the office.

Furthermore, we have a simple and clear price structure, whereby the client can make unlimited use of the service for a fixed price per month. And that is important for accelerating the rate of acceptance of this new service. In the forthcoming period we will continue to invest in the encouragement of the use of mobile broadband and the reduction of resistance in municipalities, which will allow us to further expand our network."

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Posted: 2007-01-02 11:17:34
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JK Posts: > 500

WOW!!!

I think its stupid!
By skipping 3G their speeds are going to drop from 1.8MB/s to GPRS speeds!!

O well they soon realise their mistake!

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Posted: 2007-01-02 11:46:48
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masseur Posts: > 500

@786KBR, I don't get you? HSDPA is built ontop of UMTS and so they will get the full speed of this feature

what I understand from this is that they are simply going straight to HSDPA speeds and not offering the standard UMTS 384kbps speeds
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Posted: 2007-01-02 11:51:09
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brix25 Posts: > 500

Holland is tiny compared to say Oz or South Africa where we've had HSDPA for almost a year in all the major cities.
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Posted: 2007-01-02 11:57:00
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JK Posts: > 500

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On 2007-01-02 11:51:09, masseur wrote:
@786KBR, I don't get you? HSDPA is built ontop of UMTS and so they will get the full speed of this feature

what I understand from this is that they are simply going straight to HSDPA speeds and not offering the standard UMTS 384kbps speeds

Let me explain quickly, On our networks we have all the data carriers,
If our HSDPA networks slows down or signal drops it switches over to 3G.
If you using 3G and it drops it then switches to EDGE.

Now EDGE and GPRS have wider coverage areas, one base tower can cover 100% more than a UMTS/HSDPA tower can. The smaller coverage of 3G is the main reason why data cuts out so frequently and all the amount of users using it at the same time.

So while browsing on this HSDPA network only, and you drop signal its going to cut the connection completely.

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Posted: 2007-01-02 13:40:43
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