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AT&T Disables Inspire 4G HSUPA

AvengerBB said:
Really? We will get a software update at that point to do this? Or are you confusing the HSPA+ rollout?
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No I'm not confusing anything. I have veena told that once hspa+ rolls out completely the upload speeds will be allowed to reach 5k. Now when exactly I don't know will ATT release a software update alone or will it be packaged with 2.4 coming in July
 
Do you need a special 4G sims card? Whenever they roll out 4G officially? I hear different things, but when I purchased the inspire off contract yesterday, they didnt provide a 4G sims card. They said to simply use the sim card from my blackberry. When I spoke to customer service last night, they mentioned they should have given me a 4G compatible sims card. Should I go back to the store and ask for it?
 
AndreaCristiano said:
No I'm not confusing anything. I have veena told that once hspa+ rolls out completely the upload speeds will be allowed to reach 5k. Now when exactly I don't know will ATT release a software update alone or will it be packaged with 2.4 coming in July
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Again, you're not able to comprehend the difference between HSPA+ being alive, and HSPA+ speeds being available to consumers.

AT&T is very sneaky about it, it's the wording they use, and it took me a while to figure it out.
In a nutshell: AT&T's HSPA+ is officially turned on since last fall. I'm seeing it on my HSPA+ USB modem, with or without AT&T's software installed on my mac/pc... It's reading it as HSPA+ in the task manager in Windows 7. So it's been active almost 5 months.
Now 4G speeds only happen once already active HSPA+ is "paired with enhanced backhaul" the term they pretty much invented as no other provider in the world have the balls to announce the network that has no bandwidth to support it but AT&T.
So being connected to HSPA+ and getting HSPA+ speeds in AT&T's case is two completely different things.

That being said, disabled HSUPA on AT&T's Android phones has absolutely NOTHING to do with enhanced backhaul, HSPA+ not being rolled out, and other unicorn stories... It's simply disabled on AT&T's request in Android HSPA+ devices ROM's as AT&T is trying to give you as little as possible, and take as much as possible from you. This way they can take their sweet time "enhancing" their backhaul and spending money on FiberE and GigE at a slower pace, and at the same time sell a thin air 4G to Americans. The one single thing they are number one in America is their PR. They really word things right so you draw your own conclusions without them officially telling you a single thing.
 
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