What the tech at Telstra couldn't sell you was a 4G LTE contract. However, what you do have is a sim that gets you on the 4G HSPA+ dual carrier network instead. The tech may have called it a "3G sim", but the ITU classifies it as 4G as well. As you say, it is pretty damn fast.
Considering my home ADSL connection tops out at 2-3mbps, getting up to 42mbps on HSPA+ dual carrier on the iPad (so far up to 20mbps real-world speeds) on Telstra's NextG network is pretty astonishing when you think about it. -Mart On 28/03/2012, at 7:19 AM, Susan Hastings <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Martin, I'm using a 3G sim in a third generation iPad. I was told by > someone in a Telstra shop that Telstra will not be issuing a 4g micro sim for > the iPad because our version of the iPad does not support our version of 4g. > So wondering if the iPad switches over to the faster network with the 3G sim. > It does seem to be pretty fast. Cheers, Susan > > Sent from my iPad > > On 28/03/2012, at 12:08 AM, Martin Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Don't believe the noise on the interwebs - the new iPad does work on 4G >> frequencies and at 4G speeds in Australia. >> >> The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) defines "4G" to include: >> - LTE (Long Term Evolution) >> - WiMax >> - HSPA+ dual carrier >> >> Vivid Wireless advertises their WiMax service which tops out at 4-5mbps >> around Australia as 4G. >> >> Telstra advertises their HSPA+ dual carrier service which is capable of >> running at speeds up to 42mps as 4G (as per the ITU). Already users are >> reporting real-world speeds of up to 20 Mbps in Sydney besting Vivid >> Wireless's 4G speeds by a factor of 4. >> >> At the moment, Telstra's LTE service is giving faster speeds in many tests, >> but just wait till the number of users increases to the sorts of numbers on >> the HSPA frequencies and you should see those speeds drop as LTE users (just >> like HSPA and WiMax) all share the same bandwidth to their local tower. In >> the USA, tests of 4G in New York top out at 20mbps - the same as what >> Tesltra HSPA+ dual carrier achieves in the real world here in Australia. >> >> Telstra has also previously indicated they would be doubling the speed of >> HSPA+ DC to 84mbps using MIMO which would give it parity with the current >> generation of LTE. Only LTE Advanced theoretically offers greater than >> 100mbps. >> >> The iPad 4G is indeed 4G in Australia and the ACCC has no case. >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
