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(2011.Apr.27 09:56 AM)Joshiwa Wrote:  

(2011.Apr.26 08:09 PM)johnsonhalo76 Wrote:  4g is a load of shit. it's not even close to what 4g was officially defined as. sure it's faster than 3, but it's more like 3.3 or so

4G is no BS. Sprint's network is the problem for the 4G phones they carry. The 4G they use is called WiMax which is just a collection of WiFi hotspots to give faster internet speeds. The 4G that will really make the difference is called LTE (Long Term Evolution) and will allow for up to 10xs faster speeds than a 3G phone continually. Verizon launched about 4 cities with LTE yesterday and plan to have nearly 100 cities by the end of 2011. AT&T is also using this technology and is trying to acquire T-Mobile to help expand its 4G network. U.S. Cellular (who I work for) is testing it in Wisconsin at the moment.

Sprint will eventually transition to LTE but they wanted to be the first company to say they had a 4G network so they jumped with WiMax last summer. T-Mobile actually has a glorified 3G network that they call 4G. All they do is boost the data transmission from the towers they own and then call it 4G when in reality they have done nothing to upgrade the network they have with 4G towers or equipment. T-Mobile actually has what is considered a 3G+ network, but when they saw Sprint gain customers with 4G and they were losing customers they started saying 4G as well.

You've now been educated...*yawn*

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wire...rk-670603/

Hurray for VZW's 4G network. Nice information too.