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AT&T To Roll Out 5G Network That's Not Actually 5G (yahoo.com)
AT&T announced plans to deliver what it's calling the "5G Evolution" network to more than 20 markets by the end of the year. While the company is "using some wordsmithing to deliver to you faster internet speeds," it's important to note that this is not actually a real 5G network. Yahoo reports: 5G still has years of development and testing before it will be rolled out across the U.S. So don't let AT&T's use of "5G" make you think that the next-generation wireless standard has arrived. In reality, the 5G AT&T is talking about is a bumped-up version of its 4G LTE to help it bridge the gap until the real 5G, with its ultra-fast speeds and better bandwidth, is rolled out. It's also important to note that AT&T won't offer its 5G Evolution technology to all of its customers initially. In fact, it's currently only available in Austin, TX, and the company plans to extend it to Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and other big markets in the coming months. If you're in a smaller metro market, you'll be out of luck. Perhaps the biggest limitation, and the reason few people will likely have the chance to actually use the 5G Evolution, is that AT&T is restricting it to select devices -- specifically, the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+. While that's great if you have one of those particular phones in one of the specific cities where AT&T's faster service exists, it's not so great if you're using another device.
"xLTE" is what they called it and its still plain 4g/LTE
... their "4G LTE" was never actually 4G either. This will still just be a third generation network with extra lies.
and call it 11G.
Obama had 8 years, and he still has dial up. So it is Obama's fault , too many people were getting Obama phones.
Like when T-mobile called their H+ network 4G and then had to call their real 4G network "LTE"
Uhmm the obama phones have way better than dailup internet speeds.
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What unsuspected twist will come next next? Is Verizon or Comcast going to do something dishonest?! ;)
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
Now that there's no longer a functional FCC, there is nobody to stop them.
You are welcome on my lawn.
You're way behind the curve. Check out the news.
You are welcome on my lawn.
Let me guess, the Samsung Galaxy S 8/8+ are the only phones announced to work on this network because they're the only phones to have been announced so far that use the Snapdragon 835 chip, presumably the only chip that contains a modem that can interface with this network?
Corruption is convincing someone that the selfless ideal is the same as their selfish ideal.
Hmm, we should tell all marketing droids that the Earth is about to be consumed by a giant space goat. Put them on a space ship for evacuation and tell them the rest of us will follow soon.
More like an old guy without viagra to a porn star with viagra.
There are supposed to be "rules" that have to followed to use 5G, after the 3G AND 4G debacles, but no, if you are a big corporation, why bother.
Expect all the other big carriers to announce their brand new 5G networks next week.
Sleep your way to a whiter smile...date a dentist!
Here's a thought: Elect some actual civic leaders in Seattle instead of the loony crop of social activists and grandstanders currently in leadership positions.
At this moment, Mayor Murray's next big thing is implementing a new soda tax. Oh, but he's now considering taxing diet sodas too, because someone told him that black and poor people drink more regular soda than white and affluent people, and we wouldn't want a racist, regressive tax. And Councilwoman Sawant is actively encouraging protesters to illegally shut down freeways and airports this May Day. Should make for a fun commute. But hey, love those rainbow crosswalks!
Irony: Agile development has too much intertia to be abandoned now.
Ya, I had the fun of calling AT&T or Verizon, I forget which, to ask about their Pay As You Go plan for cell. It was a fixed amount + x per month. I explained to the salesbot that Pay As You Go means I pay for as much as I use. She insisted Pay As You Go means that. I Insisted the fixed amount meant that it didn't. She insisted it was.
It was like arguing with Trump.
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Guess what doesn't mean goodness.
I also am shocked that Verizon's newly purchased mouth piece doesn't have great things to say about AT&T's latest marketing initiative.
It's all OK because when the real 5G comes along they will market it as 6G - and people will flock in their millions to buy.
Now, their chief expertise seems to be in finding new and inventive ways to defraud and mislead their customers.
Or is this just another case of the name of a (formerly) great American institution being used to cloak thieves in seeming legitimacy? (See Polaroid, Packard Bell, etc)
Well, most of the US market called 3.5G for 4G until the real 4G LTE tech was launched. So the precedence for the American market is there. You round up!
Corruption of government is the problem. Not Capitalism. What we have now is capitalism run amok because the regulating force of government has been removed allowing capitalism to run amok without reasonable restraints.
I'll see your senator, and I'll raise you two judges.
And the only solution is to have the government take over everything (what the OP essentially says). Those people are a joke.
Yeah, I am sure nobody is dying in North Korea, Venezuela and Cuba and all those other "not real communism" states. Meanwhile in Switzerland and Finland... oh yeah those libertarian countries have one of the highest standards of living, never mind.
We seem to apply this same principle to business. You fail, just reverse the direction of the fall so that you somehow still succeed.
Thats nothing. I'm rolling out 6G. Its really RS-232 but the marketing department LOVE me.
It's the way they're sold.
A smallish olive is graded for sale as "jumbo-sized".
A medium sized olive is sold as "colossal".
A large olive is sold as "super-mammoth".
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The "4G" we have isn't really 4G, either. http://gizmodo.com/5680755/the...
Excuse me, but...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
You are welcome on my lawn.
Polar extreme positions are bad. Having the government take over everything is just as bad as having no regulations on anything. Why don't we just let corporations poison our air, water and food? It's all for profit right!
I used the words: reasonable restraints
There is probably some reasonable middle ground that reasonable adults can find consensus on between no regulation and total regulation.
I'll see your senator, and I'll raise you two judges.