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I knew a guy who worked on cell phone beam forming from the tower 20 years ago. He said it worked flawlessly in Florida where the company was based. He also sai
by sidewndr46 4y ago
I knew a guy who worked on cell phone beam forming from the tower 20 years ago. He said it worked flawlessly in Florida where the company was based. He also said every single deployment failed because no where in the US has such a flat terrain without reflections.
Is 5Ge some sort of joke? Or is that a real designation.
- colejohnson66 4y ago> Is 5Ge some sort of joke? Or is that a real designation. It’s real. My iPhone 13 says it right now. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/05/att-still-refuses-to-kill-misleading-5ge-network-icon-for-4g-service/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/05/att-still-refuse...
- kjs3 4y agoAt least in the US, AT&T made the incredibly cynical move to rebrand their 4G service in areas where 5G was expected one day to be available as '5Ge' aka '5G Evolution'. That was so they could 'imply' in ads you were getting a 5G connection before, you know, there was a 5G network to connect to. Even changed the little icon on your phone from 4G to 5Ge. Sprint sued for the blatant false advertising and AT&T unsurprisingly settled.
- sidewndr46 4y agoOK, thanks for clarifying that. I don't have AT&T so I hadn't heard of the term.