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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by gsich on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @10:07PM (#17815689)
confusing, as LTE can range from very low to very high in terms of bandwidth.
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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by dingaling on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @03:31AM (#17817009)
LTE bandwidth varies between 5 and 40 MHz. Those are the chunks in which it's allocated in the radio spectrum.

You actually mean data rate.

All this arguing about the definition of one word whilst another is being casually misused is rather ironic.

1. LTE bandwidth: limited by regulating authorities and the size of bandwidth chunks for which telcos bid

2. LTE data rate: limited by (1) , physics and our current technology

3. LTE data usage: limited by (2) and any contractual terms

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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by gsich on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @04:02AM (#17817129)
No I meant bandwidth. The ISP usually does not tell you which frequencies they use and which bandwidth they have available.

40 MHz only with CA I think.

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