Does anyone notice....

[estebancam]

Does anyone notice here that Verizon is the only carrier with an actual 4G technology.... yet.... they are the only carrier that doens't name their devices "4G."

On ATT- Infuse 4G, Veer 4G, Atrix 4G, etc
On Sprint- Epic 4G, Evo 4G, Evo Shift 4G, etc
T-Mobile- Sensation 4G, MyTouch 4G, etc.

On Verizon- HTC Thunderbolt, Droid Charge.... no 4G.


I just find it curious, frustrating (especially on the part of ATT. I mean, seriously. They virtually made NO CHANGE to their network and it is all of a sudden 4G), and funny.

Just sayin.

 

[fatboy97]

In actuality all the carriers have 4G... the problems is that the board that makes this call has widened it's definition of 4G to include HSPA+... and actually NONE of the carriers have actually succeeded in actually getting the full speeds from any of their actual "4G" networks. HSPA+, Sprint's 4G and even LTE are just the start of trying to get actual 4G speeds.

And who really cares what any carrier names their device.

And I don't think it was "virtually made NO CHANGE" for VZW to turn on their LTE, since they have not turned this on for their entire network... they are still working on major metro areas... and really will not get to a lot of suburb areas for some time to come.

 

[RkyMtnHigh]

The Original 4G spec was 100Mbps...Nobody has that yet; not even Verizon.

However, the theoretical maximum speed of all the carriers version of 4G (HPSA+, WiMax, LTE) are all above 100Mbps when fully implemented and dialed up to "11". Think of it as the beginning of 4G. .

 

[Mordecaidrake]

In actually 4G stands for 4th Generation mobile networks not actual 4G speed as noted above, actual 4G is 100mbps.

 

[VideoEngineerAJS]

The only issue I have with AT&T suddenly naming all of their devices 4G is that they made a big to do about T-Mobile calling their network 4G especially when companies like Sprint, Verizon, and soon themselves were spending a great deal of money to upgrade their networks to newer technologies. Then when nobody seemed to be listening, they just followed T-Mobile and started calling their network 4G.

Also, AT&T was talking about going to LTE, however between them calling their current network 4G and now the attempted buy-out of T-Mobile, I'm starting to wonder if they even have an LTE plan in the near future.

 

[fatboy97]

In actually 4G stands for 4th Generation mobile networks not actual 4G speed as noted above, actual 4G is 100mbps.

The only reason I might have said 4G speed is because 4G is all about the Speed of the Data Network... if that is not apparent, then I'm sorry.

More info: 4G - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia