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"I was also a little taken aback by how anti-AT&T he went" Everybody I know felt that AT&T was being absolutely deceptive when they started marketing their (ba
by ghshephard 14y ago
"I was also a little taken aback by how anti-AT&T he went"
Everybody I know felt that AT&T was being absolutely deceptive when they started marketing their (barely 3G in the bay area) data plan as "4G" one day on the iPhone. It was laughable - the iPhone _frequently_ came to a crawl, and now, all of a sudden, AT&T is claiming 4G.
In comparison, Verizon LTE on my iPad screams from Redwood City through to Foster City, and I find a lot of places where it's superior to WiFi, so don't even bother switching over. Good for Gruber for calling AT&T on their crap.
- wmf 14y agoWiMax was 4G and HSPA is faster than WiMax, so it had to be marketed as 4G. Whether network load can cancel out a G is an interesting issue.
- jjtheblunt 14y agoNothing on this earth has been 4G yet, including LTE. (Former Qualcomm engineer here,who left to go somewhere more interesting for much better pay.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G#Technical_definition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G#Technical_definition