AT&T Quietly Lights Up Carrier Aggregation in Chicago
Real or LTE-A?
And for that matter would you call this even an upgrade to the current technology or just expanding what's available for the the current technology?
Furthermore, T-Mobile's HSPA+ network is still just an upgrade to their existing 3rd generation network. It's not a 4th build out of a network. It doesn't meet the definition of 4G by any standard or definition. I'm surprised there isn't a huge class action lawsuit over their fictitious advertising.
There's no point in trying to get ordinary, non technical consumers, to understand the subtleties of HSPA versus HSPA+.....the only thing that consumers know is the 'G' terminology, and even then they came to understand it only after YEARS of marketing by the carriers, constantly hammering '3G', '3G', '3G', they don't actually know what '3G' means either, they just have a vague idea that it...
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Truthfully, it doesn't matter what the 'technical definition' might, in reality, there is no such thing as '3G', '4G' etc, these are marketing terms, a way for carriers to convey to consumers, who do not understand what terms like HSPA+, LTE etc mean, that their networks have been improved and updated and are now faster and better than they used to be.
There's no point in trying to get ordinary, non technical consumers, to understand the subtleties of HSPA versus HSPA+.....the only thing that consumers know is the 'G' terminology, and even then they came to understand it only after YEARS of marketing by the carriers, constantly hammering '3G', '3G', '3G', they don't actually know what '3G' means either, th
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