3G/4G/LTE/WTF?
In: Internet/tech
2 Dec 2010You have no doubt seen T-mobile’s ads for it’s new 4G service. But it turns out it’s not really 4G. In fact, nobody really has 4G yet (2) – and T-mobile’s 4G is using the same tech as AT&Ts 3G. And next month Verizon will launch it’s 4gLTE. Make sense? Of course not. The below figures and related articles try to clear things up a bit for both phone and wireless data plans.
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1 Response to 3G/4G/LTE/WTF?
Steven Rumbaugh
December 6th, 2010 at 22:30
How can you clear something up with a chart that is so fuzzy it is illegible?