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> 3g is plenty fast, for the next few years at least. The only advantage of LTE is latency ???? LTE is orders of magnitude faster. > and there's only LTE when
by wyager 10y ago
> 3g is plenty fast, for the next few years at least. The only advantage of LTE is latency
???? LTE is orders of magnitude faster.
> and there's only LTE when you're in the middle of a city and probably have wifi anyway.
Not in the US. Every marginally populated area has it.
- lucb1e 10y ago> LTE is orders of magnitude faster. Yeah but that doesn't make 3g slow. Like I said, 3g is plenty fast, meaning it's fast enough for mobile browsing and even watching videos (though videos over mobile data is just stealing money out of your own wallet, but that's a separate issue). That 4g/LTE is faster doesn't make 3g any slower. The only slightly noticeable advantage of LTE is latency or downloading large files (which you wouldn't do over a metered connection if you had a choice). > Not in the US. Every marginally populated area has it. Looking at coverage maps of the Netherlands, I guess I'm outdated. There's little difference between 3g and 4g anymore. I remember not long ago when 3g was nearly everywhere (so close to 100% coverage) and then they started putting down 4g everywhere. 3g advancement stopped altogether. Right now it looks like they just upgraded the 3g spots to 3g+4g and forgot about advancing the network at all.