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JustZ@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Gregorech@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Read an article once called the 4G lie, talked about marketing terms that you really can just make stuff up. They equated it to the car industry putting out a V6 and just calling it a V8.

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• SpookyUnderwear@eviltoast.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • __init__@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • JustZ@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah I remember too.

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  • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Tmo

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• CmdrShepard@lemmy.one ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Now Comcast is trying to join the bandwagon by advertising their network as ‘10G’

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