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> 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 lik
by dontbenebby 8y ago
> 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.
- arcticbull 8y agoThe 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.
- reaperducer 8y agoAlternatively, 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.