Michael Oryl, the top dog over at Mobileburn.com, got his hands on a webConnect Rocket over the past month and took it for a spin on T-Mobile’s Philadelphia HSPA+ network.  As expected, he came away pretty impressed with the range of test speeds.  In optimal conditions, it peaked at speeds well above current offerings.  Using the webConnect Rocket in an area of a “reported good, but far from perfect signal”, he hit download speeds of 5600Kbps and 1009Kbps up.  What happened to the speed in a prime signal location?  It was downright impressive. Download speeds maxed out during the trials at 6629Kbps and upload speeds at 3155Kbps.  What happened when he tried to download a 100MB AVI file?  Try getting ‘er done in 3 minutes 13 seconds.  Of course, that’s under the most optimal conditions.  With T-Mobile focusing on the backhaul and running a proper fiber network to its towers, hopefully those speeds will be available to all when HSPA+ launches nationally.

For the full speed report and a comparison to Wimax, hit the full article over at Mobileburn!