Telstra keeps pushing, moves to 5.8Mbps on the uplink

Want to run a Miley Cyrus fansite over a data card? We might recommend you emigrate to Australia, where Telstra has just upgraded its already-impressive HSPA+ network to a whopping 5.8Mbps on the uplink, which it estimates means that customers could see speeds as high as 3Mbps in real-world use. In conjunction with the upgrade, the carrier's also letting customers know that its Turbo 21 USB modem can be updated to take advantage of the higher data rate, which refreshingly means you won't have to plunk down for any new hardware. Cheers to that.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 20th 2009 4:55AM]

wish it was true in the US, AT&T should upgrade to HSPA+ too. But, they won't....I know. Does anyone know what's the problem with AT&T?

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 29th 2009 10:00AM]

Pitty its the most expensive network to be on in Australia.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 29th 2009 9:19PM]

In 99% of cases there are other acceptable services. I'm currently with 3, and while I only get a fast data connection if I'm in a capital city, when out of 3's coverage it falls back on Telstra's network for calls and texts (and data, but I would have to pay roaming charges for that). So that is fine in pretty much all instances.

However, if you live in the country, or regularly need to use data in the country, then yes, Telstra NextG is the only option.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 29th 2009 11:33AM]

It is basically the only network that actually lets you make and receive calls/text. The other networks have great plans to make up for their lackluster coverage, which is in 90% of cases, below acceptable. You get what you pay for.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 29th 2009 11:40AM]

Their upload is faster than AT&T's download.