Will Bell/Telus HSPA coverage be better than Rogers HSPA?
Reports on other forums that the new Bell/Telus shared HSPA network that they are rapidly rolling out is in active test mode all across Canada, not just in major city centres. People are picking up their new HSPA network ID (302-880) on their devices coast to coast, and I've found it in rural areas in Ontario where Rogers currently doesn't offer HSPA coverage. I've heard they plan to switch it live sometime later in the fall.
(If you have a HSPA compatible 3G phone or HSPA internet stick and live in Canada, check your available networks and see if your device can detect a network with the ID 302-880. If you detect it, post a note to let us know where you are. The dRogers EDGE network ID is 302-720.)
Given that the Bell/Telus HSPA network is in test mode in rural areas, I'm thinking that they may be planning on a complete system switch from CDMA to HSPA all at once, coast to coast, all towers. If that is the case, they would instantly have (by far) the most extensive HSPA network coverage in Canada....