AT&T completes 3G build out. Yawn!

AT&T is finally catching up with Verizon and Sprint for higher speed wireless data. The service is neither faster nor cheaper and breaks no new ground. I suppose that it will open the door for Mr. Jobs to sell a new handset to his personality cult making the two “A” companies quite a few dollars in the process.

The telecommunications company said the remaining six markets would be connected to its HSUPA technology, which delivers up to 800 KB per second in upload speeds and 1.4 Mb per second in download capabilities.

The service will be available to customers who have supporting devices, such as notebooks with AT&T’s Laptop Connect wireless modems. However, such high-speed services among carriers are expensive with rates of $60 a month or more. (Yahoo)