Rogers toots its own horn and 7.2 Mbps network update
by Sean Cooper 
posted Dec 11th 2008 at 6:15PM
Canada's Rogers Wireless made official today what some of us had already noticed: its coast-to-coast 3.5G HSPA network (read: 7.2Mbps of fast) lives. Of course, while we may never see "real world" speeds that even get close to this -- nor will the Europeans be particularly impressed -- we're sure Rogers is loving the fact that it's the first wireless network in North America that can brag about it at wireless operator conventions, or something. Rogers currently lists the HTC Touch Diamond, the LG Vu T915, the Novatel MC950D Rocket Stick, and the Novatel X950D Express card as 7.2 Mbps-ready. So start hitting Speedtest already, and let us know how the bits are flowing.
Filed under: Rogers Wireless, Misc
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dean @ Dec 11th 2008 7:14PM
Hey AT&T, are you listening?
Scazza @ Dec 11th 2008 8:47PM
Means very little when their 3g coverage is completely minute compared to other carriers, and has been growing pretty slowly, having 3.5g first dosnt really mean much when it will take far too long to reach most of the canadian population.
maplelove @ Dec 11th 2008 11:15PM
Consider how huge Canada is, I think Rogers already did its best. At least it is (at the moment) better than Telus and Bell.
I personally am using Rogers 3G. At where I am, sometimes it "feels" like it is faster than using WiFi.
So as long as Rogers keeps up building and expanding its network, we might see 4G in the future like in Japan.
leeeevy @ Dec 11th 2008 11:45PM
Scazza
I am no Rogers Wireless cheerleader - far from it in fact - but just looking at their coverage maps available on their website I have to say your comments are not accurate
As of 2006 17% of the Canadian population lived in the Greater Toronto Area which doesn't include Hamilton, Niagara, St Catherines, London, Kitchener-Waterloo, and all the other smaller cities in the vicinity of Toronto covered by the same 3.5g signal.
In fact, most of the Windsor-Quebec City Corridor (the population corridor mostly along the paths of Highway 401 in Ontario and Autoroute 20 in Quebec) is covered by Rogers' 3G signal according to the Rogers maps and over 1/2 of the Canadian population lives along that corridor.
So ya, actually they are providing coverage 3G and otherwise to most of Canada's population just by covering those areas alone, never mind Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Victoria, and Halifax amongst others. It just happens to be that the majority of Canada is relatively empty of human inhabitants.