http://www.cio.com/article/633263/4G_Definition_Creates_Marketing_Free_for_All
T-mobile has recently come out with an ad campaign to diferentiate themselves from competitors by their "4G" speed of network. The term 4G as denoted by the International Telecommunication Union(ITU) refers to a speed surpassing 100M bps. This speed is vastly superior to the current technologies presented by the networks today. For example, T-mobile currently is operating at a 5M bps to 12M bps. This is comparably faster than Clearwire quotes of 3M bps to 6M bps, but still is no where near the defined 4G speed of 100M bps. The entire point behind this article is saying that 4G is a term that leads consumers to believe the speed is faster than 3G. There is nothing to stop AT&T from saying they have a 5G speed but the market's disbelief that such a speed is possible. If AT&T decided to market their network as a 5G speed the consumer's might research and question their network in greater detail to find out what we are finding out abought T-Mobile right now. That according to the ITU, their product is not even close to the definition of 4G. What we saw from the previous trend of 3G, was that networks marketed their technology as 3G before it was actually 3G speed. This caused the networks to later fall back and demote the outdated technology to 2.5G or 2.75G. I just wish the networks would market their actual speeds instead of interpretable terms that inherently mean nothing. This would allow consumers to make an educated decision on which service to purchase.
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Bobby
That's pretty shady. What's even worse is that they can do the same thing the ISP's do. They can moderate bandwidth. All of a sudden, you could have the fastest 802.11X and it really doesn't matter. You may get better reach, but the provider is limiting its potential. Of course, you could increase the bandwidth for a fee. I guess that's business.
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