Oh man! I just realized: we’ve had this new layout for a whole day now, and we have yet to do one of our kind-of-but-not-really-trademark Good News, Bad News posts.
You know what that means? IT’S INAUGURAL GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS TIME.
The Good News: T-Mobile is doubling the speeds of their high-speed data network in 56 new regions, bumping things from a theoretical max of 21 Megabits per second to a theoretical max of 42 Megabits per second. You can find a full list of the new, super-speedy regions down below. All in all, this upgrade brings the number of regions running on T-Mobile’s HSPA+42 network up to 152.
The Bad News: They, uh, don’t actually have any phones compatible with this new, snappier network yet. While T-Mobile plans to launch a HSPA+42 compatible phone by the end of this year, all of the “4G” phones they’ve sold to date can only run on the 21 megabit pipe. They do have a 42Mbps-friendly USB laptop dongle called the Rocket, but hey — this isn’t TechCrunch.com/LaptopDongles.
The new 42 Mbps Regions:
- Allentown, Pa.
- Anderson, S.C.
- Asheville, N.C.
- Ann Arbor, Mich.
- Baltimore, Md.
- Barnstable, Mass.
- Bellingham, Wash.
- Bloomington, Ind.
- Boise, Idaho
- Boston, Mass.
- Bremerton, Wash.
- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Conn.
- Brunswick, Ga.
- Carson City, Nev.
- Charlotte, N.C.
- Charlottesville, Va.
- Chico, Calif.
- Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
- Eugene, Ore.
- Flagstaff, Ariz.
- Flint, Mich.
- Greensboro, N.C.
- Greenville, S.C.
- Harrisburg, Pa.
- Hartford, Conn.
- Indianapolis, Ind.
- Knoxville, Tenn.
- Lafayette, Ind.
- Lancaster, Pa.
- Laredo, Texas
- Lynchburg, Va.
- Manchester, N.H.
- Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
- New Haven, Conn.
- Ogden, Utah
- Providence; R.I.
- Provo, Utah
- Raleigh-Cary, N.C.
- Redding, Calif.
- Reno-Sparks, Nev.
- Richmond, Va.
- Roanoke, Va.
- Rockford, Ill.
- Salem, Ore.
- Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
- Spartanburg, S.C.
- State College, Pa.
- Tallahassee, Fla.
- Terre Haute, Ind.
- Tucson, Ariz.
- Washington, D.C.
- Wichita Falls, Texas
- Winchester, Va.
- Winston-Salem, N.C.
- Worcester, Mass.
- York, Pa.