Just 'cause it's smaller doesn't mean it's easier. Or am I overestimating the difficulty of fully rolling out HSUPA in the Scottish Highlands? I always thought that was all mountains; fully blanketing that must be quite a challenge.
Umm, yeah, the size difference is substantial making it a hell of a lot simpler. Superimpose a map of the UK on top of a map of the US and you'll see the difference. The US has rugged terrain, as well; I'm not really getting your point.
Amongst other reasons (and there are several), the size of the US has limited its technological cellular advances.
The difference is that apparently T-Mobile UK has successfully covered this rugged area in 3.5G when the American equivalent is (as far as I know) still on 2G, maybe even analog.
“There's a certain feeling of wading through water with this phone, as every time we went exploring the menus, we were met with a delay long enough to make us doubt our keystrokes registered.”
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It's probably a bit easier than the US rollout
1) Smaller country
2) Established hardware on the 2100MHz band and most popular protocol for 3G
Just 'cause it's smaller doesn't mean it's easier. Or am I overestimating the difficulty of fully rolling out HSUPA in the Scottish Highlands? I always thought that was all mountains; fully blanketing that must be quite a challenge.
Umm, yeah, the size difference is substantial making it a hell of a lot simpler. Superimpose a map of the UK on top of a map of the US and you'll see the difference. The US has rugged terrain, as well; I'm not really getting your point.
Amongst other reasons (and there are several), the size of the US has limited its technological cellular advances.
The difference is that apparently T-Mobile UK has successfully covered this rugged area in 3.5G when the American equivalent is (as far as I know) still on 2G, maybe even analog.