According to the Pioneer Press (ATT launches wireless network), ATT has just deployed a wireless broadband network in the Twin Cities. According to the article, “The average upload speeds for the ATT HSDPA, or High Speed Downlink Packet Access, network are 500 kilobits to 800 kilobits per second, and downloads speeds range from 600 kilobits to 1.4 megabits per second, the company said. “

This is the second time today that I have read about HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access). According to Wikipedia:

High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) is a 3G (third generation) mobile telephony communications protocol in the High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) family, which allows networks based on Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) to have higher data transfer speeds and capacity. Current HSDPA deployments support down-link speeds of 1.8, 3.6, 7.2 and 14.4 Mbit/s. Further speed increases are planned for the near future. The networks are then to be upgraded to Evolved HSPA, which provides speeds of 42 Mbit/s downlink in its first release.

Again according to the Pioneer Press article, HSDPA will let consumers with certain handsets send and receive video while they talk, which sounds cool IF you and your friends have such a phone. And anything worth videotaping.