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Having used 3G and 4G networks from both companies, I can say that Verizon definitely provides a more consistent experience, though AT&T's 3G can be faster than Verizon's 3G under the right circumstances. Regardless, I found this story to be hilarious. File it under "things a CEO should never say, even if true".
Interesting - that thought hadn't even occurred to me. I expect we'll hear a lot of "oh, woe is us, our competitors have such a HUGE and UNFAIR advantage over us" in the coming months. Probably starting right about now.
You can't have a double standard. Either they're all 4G or they're all not.
Origianlly LTE and WiMAX were clearly defined as 4G technologies by the ITU....HSPA was not T mobile jump started all this hoopla with saying " Well our 4G (HSPA) has DL speeds comparable to WiMAX so we're going to call our techincally 3G network 4G"
AT&T seen that it worked for T-mobile and they wanted in on the fun, so now 3G networks are masked as 4G.
Origianlly LTE and WiMAX were clearly defined as 4G technologies by the ITU....HSPA was not T mobile jump started all this hoopla with saying " Well our 4G (HSPA) has DL speeds comparable to WiMAX so we're going to call our techincally 3G network 4G"
AT&T seen that it worked for T-mobile and they wanted in on the fun, so now 3G networks are masked as 4G.
ITU originally only considered WIMAX 2 and LTE Adv as 4G. They revised it to include WIMAX, LTE and HSPA+.
So with the original standards none of them are 4G. With the newer standards, they all are. So pick one to follow.
ITU originally only considered WIMAX 2 and LTE Adv as 4G. They revised it to include WIMAX, LTE and HSPA+.
So with the original standards none of them are 4G. With the newer standards, they all are. So pick one to follow.
HSPA+ is not a next gen technology, the way WiMAX and LTE are....its an upgrade to an already exsisting 3G network standard HSPA...That's like saying EVDO Rev A to Rev B would count Rev B as being "4G"
I have ATT's 4G and it blooooooooooows........good thing I have wifi nearly everywhere I go :P
That's been my experience, too. Their coverage is too spotty to maintain reliable service, let alone hold on to decent speeds. Around here (Pennsylvania statewide), they keep falling back to UMTS / EDGE / GPRS / CSD.
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