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How AT&T Totally Flubbed 4G

Posted by Soulskill on from the now-with-thirty-three-percent-more-g dept.

adeelarshad82 writes "Turns out that AT&T may be lying about 4G. The company's two '4G' phones and its '4G' modem don't deliver 4G even by AT&T's own standards. In fact, test results show that the company is delivering '4G' devices that are actually slower than the carrier's own 3G devices. So how can they get away with this? Well, initially the International Telecommunications Union defined 4G as a bunch of super-fast technologies nobody used yet, but the ITU crumbled under pressure from various cell phone companies and now defines 4G as any cellular Internet network that's faster than what was considered the fastest technology in 2009. Between the revised 4G standards and a little fine print in its ads, AT&T is able to legally indemnify itself against the fact that its current 4G claim is totally worthless. While other carriers also claim that they have 4G networks, Verizon's LTE is the only technology which comes close to real 4G."

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  1. I managed first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    with my iPhone 3GS

  2. Re:This is innovation by jd · · Score: 4, Funny

    Definitions:
    New: The price went up
    Improved: The price went way up
    New and Improved: If we sell any, our CEO will make for Forbes top 10 list

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    It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
  3. What is the acronym for 4G deployment? by presidenteloco · · Score: 4, Funny

    4Gery

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    Where are we going and why are we in a handbasket?
  4. Re:FSCK IT! by jdgeorge · · Score: 3, Funny

    +1 - The Onion reference

  5. "How many bloody G's are there?" by wcrowe · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have a 7G phone. I just took out a sharpie and wrote 7 G's on it. You may now bow to my 7G superiority.

    BTW, the volume on my stereo goes to 11.

    Now, if you will excuse me I need to return to surfing on my "50meg" hi-speed internet connection.

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    Proverbs 21:19
  6. Re:Patectic ITU by ScrewMaster · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think most whores would take exception to being compared to politicians. I mean, at least SOME whores still have souls.

    And if you pay a hooker, you're the only one who gets screwed. Pay a politician, and everybody else gets fucked.

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    The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.