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 IshKebab on Saturday March 23, 2019 @04:54AM (#19469654)

They were 4G by definition because the definition of 4G is the 4th generation, and LTE is *clearly" that, despite what some idiots in the ITU may try and claim.

The 3G/4G/etc labels are descriptive, not prescriptive.

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Re:AT&T’s “5G E” is slower than Verizon and T-Mobile 4G, stu... by Godel_unicode on Saturday March 23, 2019 @12:26PM (#19471077)

Please don't let a phone company hear you say that, they'll roll the "g" number every year because there's a new generation of firmware. Words should, and do, mean things.

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Re:AT&T’s “5G E” is slower than Verizon and T-Mobile 4G, stu... by IshKebab on Saturday March 23, 2019 @05:15PM (#19472394)

I didn't say they don't mean things. And phone companies are welcome to try and call whatever they like 5G but it doesn't make it true, any more than the ITU trying to claim some technology is or is not 5G. What makes something 5G is that it is a widely adopted technology that is a clear generation ahead of 4G. That's it. It's not complicated.

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Re:AT&T’s “5G E” is slower than Verizon and T-Mobile 4G, stu... by yjftsjthsd-h on Saturday March 23, 2019 @04:06PM (#19472105)

I was I was under the impression that hspa(?) was 4G, and LTE was ~4.5G

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Re:AT&T’s “5G E” is slower than Verizon and T-Mobile 4G, stu... by IshKebab on Saturday March 23, 2019 @05:13PM (#19472387)

HSDPA is part of 3G (3.5G if you like). LTE is 4G.

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