AT&T’s “5G E” is slower than Verizon and T-Mobile 4G, study finds

Re:AT&T’s “5G E” is slower than Verizon and T-Mobile 4G, stu... by dontbenebby on Friday March 22, 2019 @09:06PM (#19468389)

> Are there rules for enforcing (and by whom?) the term “5G”? Or is it like the word “natural” for health food?

Alternatively, they can slowly phase out 4g like they did with 3G. This is very useful if you have pesky customers stuck on cheap all you can eat data plans.

The paranoid part of me wonders if it'll be an excuse to shunt people off of cheap plans.

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Re:AT&T’s “5G E” is slower than Verizon and T-Mobile 4G, stu... by arcticbull on Friday March 22, 2019 @09:18PM (#19468436)

The scam is much more obvious, AT&T wants to show everyone that they have 5G while everyone else has 4G, and that’s one extra G.

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Re:AT&T’s “5G E” is slower than Verizon and T-Mobile 4G, stu... by reaperducer on Saturday March 23, 2019 @12:52AM (#19469117)

Alternatively, they can slowly phase out 4g like they did with 3G. This is very useful if you have pesky customers stuck on cheap all you can eat data plans.

The funny thing is that all that used 3G gear, at least the good stuff, seems to have gone to the deeply rural areas.

I know a few towns that, as recently as last month, only have 3G service. But the data speeds I get roaming there on 3G are almost double what I get at home on AT&T with full bars of LTE.

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