HSPA+ finally!
Globe demoed their HSPA+ network at the heritage hotel in Pasay last April 27. As of now, the Globe 4G mobile technology has been deployed in 19 areas in Metro Manila, which covers Marikina, Quezon City, Makati, Pasay, Las Pinas, Taguig & Manila. More areas will be covered by the end of year 2011. HSPA+ is technically considered as 4G and up to 6 - 7 times faster than 3g. HSPA+ provides a speed of 84Mb/sec downlink and 22Mb of uplink, these are theoretical speed and real world speed of course will be lower. Globe compared their HSPA+ access with other service providers including their Globe tattoo which runs on 3G network, below are the comparative results. Globe Tattoo – DL: 2.55 Mbps, UL: 0.34 Mbps Smart Bro – DL: 1.12 Mbps, UL: 0.34 Mbps Sun Broadband Wireless – DL: 0.83 Mbps, UL: 0.09 Mbps Globe HSPA+ – DL: 7.51 mbps; UL: 1.02 mbps As we can see, peak download bandwidth is only about 7mbps (still much better compared to the existing speeds of cur...