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The race to 5G is over — now it’s time to pay the bill | Networks spent years telling us that 5G would change everything. But the flashiest use cases are nowhere to be found — and the race to deplo...::AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile’s race to deploy 5G has failed to realize its flashiest outcomes while saddling carriers with debt and removing a competitor from the market.

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[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

That because they just released improved 4G and called it 5G for marketing reasons. Then everyone else did it too.

[-] SpookyUnderwear@eviltoast.org 8 points 11 months ago

I remember when 4G was rolling out, either t-mobile or AT&T were advertising 4G, when it was really 3G+.

[-] __init__@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago

Might have been both. I remember ATT at the time calling HSPA+ “4G” then calling the actual thing “4G LTE”

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Tmo

[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah I remember too.

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