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BiggA
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Asus RT-AC68

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Re: more so


What do you call this?
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Rudie32
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djdanska

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Wow. That's what, 28Mb/s slower than my phone! That's what people mean by not calling HSPA+ not 4g. It's not the same, but it isn't 3g either, considering evdo 3g is max 3Mb usually. And not all HSPA+ is the same either.

ptrowski
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That would explain why I had a co-worker come to me on Friday and ask why his 4S said 3G instead of 4G....

koolman2
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I stand corrected.
BiggA
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BiggA

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Fair enough. I don't agree with the way they are marking it, I think 3.5G or 3.9G or enhanced 3G or turbo 3G would be a much better marketing term.

WiMAX should be 4G even though it's slow, but the real 4G is LTE.

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Rudie32
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djdanska

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Technically the current Lte used now was not originally considered 4g either so your point fails. It was approved as 4g with HSPA+.
BiggA
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BiggA

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Yes, I know, but it a whole new architecture, so it should be given a new "G". HSPA+ is just an evolution of UMTS.

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Rudie32
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djdanska

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What would they use? They can't use 3.5G considering it was used for devices with speeds of 3-7.2Mb/s.
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BiggA
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BiggA

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3.9G, 3.75G, Turbo 3G, Super 3G, Enhanced 3G, Boosted 3G, 3G Plus, I could keep going on and on...

Or just keep advertising that AT&T's 3G is much faster than the others' 3G. Would make them look better than having crappy 4G. It's sad how AT&T's HSPA+ network gets bashed because it's awful for 4G, but if you look at it correctly, as the 3G that it is, it's really a great network (in most places).
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