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I've found that 3G in Beatty, Nevada is faster than 4G in Pasadena, California. (The downside is that you have to live in Beatty, Nevada. ;)) I've noticed these kinds of discrepancies every time I leave a major city. I don't trust the G anymore. It's all either really good, or really terrible from mile to mile regardless of how it's branded.
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Yes. Many consumers will like it because there's no need for a modem or router. Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile/Sprint are all working on vertically integrating to provide phone service, 5G, and streaming content options. Comcast is now in the cell phone business, and owns NBC and Universal. T-Mobile (soon to be merged with Sprint) bought Layer3 and is now in the TV business. AT&T owns Warner Brothers and HBO. V…
It still doesn't make sense to me. My 4G is fast, faster than home internet often. The reason I don't use it at home is it the cost of data, not speed. Unless 5g lowers the data cost, I don't see any benefit.
I've found that 3G in Beatty, Nevada is faster than 4G in Pasadena, California. (The downside is that you have to live in Beatty, Nevada. ;)) I've noticed these kinds of discrepancies every time I leave a major city. I don't trust the G anymore. It's all either really good, or really terrible from mile to mile regardless of how it's branded.
LTE seems plenty fast enough for typical phone usage. Not sure how much 5G will improve mobile experience in the near future without massive advances in VR. Is all this telecom positioning to setup a replacement for landline internet service?
5G can handle more devices being connected. All those smart things that want to phone home. It's likely 5G will let many more devices be connected and phoning home without using our personal internet connections. I wonder what it would look like for my TV to be connected and sending my viewing habits back to the manufacturer without a method for me to turn it off. 5G makes this idea much easier. Phone companies can g…
I've found that 3G in Beatty, Nevada is faster than 4G in Pasadena, California. (The downside is that you have to live in Beatty, Nevada. ;)) I've noticed these kinds of discrepancies every time I leave a major city. I don't trust the G anymore. It's all either really good, or really terrible from mile to mile regardless of how it's branded.
I'm assuming this is a case of unusually slow 4G, and not fast 3G? I travel frequently and I've noticed that sometimes my 4G speeds are very slow even when I have good signal strength, always in rural areas. I'm not sure what explains that.
This is where marketing and confusion can come in. There is what the technology is capable of and then the network backing it. For example, where I live I get a fraction of what 4G can provide. The reason is the cell phone providers network. I could get far faster speeds out of 4G if the providers provided it. 5G has some positives and negatives over 4G. For example, 5G frequencies interfere with the detection of wat…
I've found that 3G in Beatty, Nevada is faster than 4G in Pasadena, California. (The downside is that you have to live in Beatty, Nevada. ;)) I've noticed these kinds of discrepancies every time I leave a major city. I don't trust the G anymore. It's all either really good, or really terrible from mile to mile regardless of how it's branded.
I've always considered "#G" to be just a marketing term, and therefore largely meaningless.
I worked at a Telco that installed extremely old hardware, but because it was theoretically capable of achieving speeds that were similar to the low-end of 3G, they branded and marketed it as 3G.
Marketing loved it.
When you pulled out your phone it clearly said "2G" on the screen, but you were paying for 3G.
Anyone know of a dirt cheap 3G-only plan in the USA? I saw some in Europe and its just what I need really.
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I thought 5G and 4G are both LTE?
No, 5G is a new standard. It's kinda confusing because there are so many standards, 3G, 3.5G, 3.95G, 4G etc.
I can name GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA, 1xRTT, EVDO, WiMAX, and LTE off the top of my head and tell you what “G” they are associated with (1, 2, 3, 3.5, 2, 3, 4, 4 respectively).
5G is a vaporous term with no real definition right now other than “whatever the fuck the ITU has decided to call 5G”.
EDIT: I guess they’re calling the air interface “5G NR (New Radio)”. How memorable. Guess with everyone finally getting on the same page with LTE in the current generation they felt no need to come up with a real name.