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"All four major carriers have rolled out LTE-Advanced. But while Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile accurately call it 4G, AT&T calls it 5G E." "AT&T's network name
by thereare5lights 8y ago
"All four major carriers have rolled out LTE-Advanced. But while Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile accurately call it 4G, AT&T calls it 5G E."
"AT&T's network name change may well trick consumers into thinking they're getting better service than a 4G operator, but they aren't. We already knew that 5G E has no technological advantage over LTE-Advanced, because they are the same thing with different names."
Doesn't that mean this, for all intents and purposes, isn't really the 5G we're all thinking of and that this is just massive click bait?
- stochastic_monk 8y agoIt’s not clickbait. AT&T is pretending to have 5G when it doesn’t. This is worth reporting.
- iscrewyou 8y agoThey’ve done this all the way back to 4G. I know because I used to sell cellphones when I was I college. It was 3G but they called it 4G. They’ve done that with every new iteration. It’s ATT being ATT. Why they haven’t gotten in trouble for this shady practice is beyond me.
- sovnade 8y agoMassive amounts of money and a complicit FCC?
- deleted 8y ago[deleted]
- metaphor 8y ago> ...a complicit FCC? What role do you think the FCC has here? If anything, this is a Truth in Advertising[1] issue--enforced by the FTC, not FCC. [1] https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/bureaus-offices/bureau-consumer-protection/our-divisions/division-advertising-practices https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/bureaus-offices/bureau-consume...
- wmf 8y agoLast time "4G" HSPA was legitimately faster than 4G WiMax but this time they have no excuse (so far).