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Video: Rogers HSPA+ Rocket Stick speed tests

By on October 16, 2009 at 3:36pm in Mobile News, Reviews - Carrier, Reviews - Videos, Rogers Wireless, Rogers Wireless News, Various News

rogers-hspa+testFor the past week I’ve been using the new Rogers HSPA+ Rocket Stick (ZTE MF668 USB Modem). The one nice feature that I do like is the slide-out USB vs. the removable cap from teh previous 7.2 Mbps Rocket Stick.

However, although it looks pretty and has a metallic finish to it, we hear that Rogers is still rolling out the HSPA+ network across the country (Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal) and this is supposed to reach speeds of 21 Mbps… you’ll see in the video that we are having trouble reaching 6 Mbps. The one positive about this mobile internet stick is that it was always available and never quit or shut down on me.

Check out the video and let me know your thoughts:

You can get this for $74.99 on a 3-year contract or $199.99 with no contract. More here at Rogers

Related posts:

  1. Rogers HSPA+ Rocket Stick First Impressions
  2. Rogers HSPA+ Rocket Stick available today
  3. Rogers HSPA+ Rocket Stick already “Out of Stock”
  4. Rogers officially goes live with 21 Mbps HSPA+ network

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5 comments for “Video: Rogers HSPA+ Rocket Stick speed tests”

  1. Man, that’s crap. Watch out Rogers, bell is right around the corner with there HSPA+…..

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    Posted by Leetneo | October 16, 2009, 10:04 pm
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    • comparing apples to oranges doesnt work…. Rogers is a seemless national network and the other two have major gaps, nevermind the no network fallback on device like the iPhone. (Ie, no HSPA is available, or not so good, the fallback is EDGE, GPRS, GSM on Rogers) What is it on the other networks? Just curious…. iPhone is a GSM based device with HSPA available, but has no CDMA at all….. One has to say Hmmmmm.

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      Posted by baltee | October 22, 2009, 2:25 am

    • Ok, well lets take a look at coverage, Rogers has HSPA+ in 5 Canadian citys…..BELL is launching there’s to cover 20,000 CITYS!

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      Posted by Leetneo | October 22, 2009, 12:00 pm

  2. that is absolutely amazing, I dont even get that kind of upload at home! I know there is a commun assumption that download is more important than upload, but try accessing a website while uploading a torrent at full blast, nothing…..

    latency in video games is caused by upload too, this is huge! Say goodbye to voiceplans, pure data plans with competing voip apps = my dream!

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    Posted by Lucas | February 4, 2010, 5:10 pm
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  3. Has anyone started a class action suit against Rogers? They promised speeds up to 21Mbps with their zte688 but I haven’t received anything near that, not even half the speed as they claimed. I have travelled across the country and same poor results. Seen one video from SWEDEN using the rogers zte688 and they at least managed to get about 10mbps. Rogers talked us into purchasing their 21mbps mobile internet and has Never been able to come close to those speeds. It is 6 months into the release and no improvements, or rebates. Rogers needs to be held accountable for their using the public’s trust for a product they did not deliver!

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    Posted by Tried Tested and Failed | February 22, 2010, 4:39 pm
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