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Re:AT&T’s “5G E” is slower than Verizon and T-Mobile 4G, stu... by votepaunchy on Friday March 22, 2019 @08:39PM (#19468253)
4G was originally supposed to be gigabit before carriers started branding LTE as 4G.
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Re:AT&T’s “5G E” is slower than Verizon and T-Mobile 4G, stu... by toast0 on Saturday March 23, 2019 @02:09AM (#19469275)
LTE was supposed to be 4G, before carriers starting branding HSPA+ as 4G.
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Re:AT&T’s “5G E” is slower than Verizon and T-Mobile 4G, stu... by ken on Saturday March 23, 2019 @03:52PM (#19472051)
They seem to be branding LTE as even better than 4G. My phone has an "LTE" indicator on top most of the time, but it switches to "4G" when I'm in a basement parking garage with lousy reception.

I'm not sure what these terms mean, and the phone/service didn't exactly come with a user manual.

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