MyUsernameRox
Android Enthusiast
I called it 4G LiTE, mainly because when I had my motion (pre-merger) I averaged a paltry 1-2mbps down.
The "best" I ever got was 6-7 and believe me, all the stars and planets had to line up for that to happen.
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What exactly is the difference between 4G and 4G LTE
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I called it 4G LiTE, mainly because when I had my motion (pre-merger) I averaged a paltry 1-2mbps down.
The "best" I ever got was 6-7 and believe me, all the stars and planets had to line up for that to happen.
DirtyDee
Android Expert
Best I ever had on the motion was 15 to 20 and it had to be 3 am post merger and two blocks from a tower
alfick3
Android Expert
If I remember rightly, I was averaging about 9 meg downloads, with dips down to 3 or 4 and peaks to above 20. This is down in the Dallas, TX area with really good coverage though.
OcalaFlGuy
Android Expert
My half way decent HSPA+ speeds will nearly Double in non-traffic, (3-4 AM) hours.
Bruce in Ocala, Fl
Bruce in Ocala, Fl
CaseyRockStar
Member
Excellent recap ... yes, I recall those heady days. Everybody thought Sprint and Clearwire would light the way to the future
Such hubris - their far-flung plans to "wire every city and town in America" with WIMAX. Now poor Sprint just got left at the altar by T-Mobile, and they're having to spend much needed cash to dismantle their jump-the-gun WIMAX infrastructure.
I should talk, though ... I practically tripped over myself to get all early-adopter on the HTC Evo 4G ... the Virgin model. That thing even had a 3D camera ... I thought it would light the way, but . . . .
The Evo 4G came out June 2010, the Evo 3D (renamed later for Virgin) came out June 2011 - I bought both at launch. WiMAX as implemented pretty much sucked due to long packet delays.
DirtyDee
Android Expert
No its not placebo, the LTE is faster my pages load faster and my vids don't buffer hspa will lag on for a while, not be fast enough to use HD video setting web pages lag out as well. Now remember I am in a major T-Mobile and metro PCs area so its hspa is taxed all day.
dportal2006
Android Enthusiast
It basically just come down to speed.
kb0sdq
Well-Known Member
I have a question,
My son showed me an article stating T-Mobile and others were lying about their 4G claim.
http://l.facebook.com/l/oAQFhTnWvAQ...le-conjured-4g-networks-out-of-thin-air/43577
What I want to know is how can these folks sell under the premise of "4G" if they do not even have the network for it?
Doug
My son showed me an article stating T-Mobile and others were lying about their 4G claim.
http://l.facebook.com/l/oAQFhTnWvAQ...le-conjured-4g-networks-out-of-thin-air/43577
What I want to know is how can these folks sell under the premise of "4G" if they do not even have the network for it?
Doug
The article is 3.5 years old and all four carriers do have 4G LTE networks now.
But at the time - as the article mentions, the International Telecommunications Union relaxed its standards in 2010 to allow for LTE, WiMAX, and HSPA+ to all fall under the label of 4G. Since T-Mobile and AT&T were using HSPA+ they could call it 4G.
But at the time - as the article mentions, the International Telecommunications Union relaxed its standards in 2010 to allow for LTE, WiMAX, and HSPA+ to all fall under the label of 4G. Since T-Mobile and AT&T were using HSPA+ they could call it 4G.