AT&T Working Towards Faster Deployment of 5G, 10-100x Faster Than 4G LTE

[Michael Scrip]

"AT&T working towards faster LTE"

Hmmm.... people aren't really complaining about the speed of their data... are they?

The issue is usually the amount of data they are allowed to use on their particular plan.

If the choices were:

1. Faster data
2. More data

I think people would pick #2 easily.

Assuming you can already stream Netflix, for instance, the faster data won't make much difference. A two hour movie would still take two hours to watch.

But more data would definitely be an improvement.

 

[Jimmy James]

Then, when I unintentionally click on a video link, I can blow through my monthly data allotment before I can stop it.

 

[KdParker]

"AT&T working towards faster LTE"

Hmmm.... people aren't really complaining about the speed of their data... are they?

The issue is usually the amount of data they are allowed to use on their particular plan.

If the choices were:

1. Faster data
2. More data

I think people would pick #2 easily.

Assuming you can already stream Netflix, for instance, the faster data won't make much difference. A two hour movie would still take two hours to watch.

But more data would definitely be an improvement.

I would like both. But we will see how this plays out over the next decade.

 

[sentiblue]

Whichever US carrier deploy 5G first will win lots of customers....

 

[C DM]

Whichever US carrier deploy 5G first will win lots of customers....

It's not really just about being first, it's also about having it in enough places to make a difference, and having it be robust and reliable as well, and that's on top of having devices that would support and make use of it all.
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I'm not very knowledgable on standards of cellular speeds, but when LTE first came out I thought it advertised as being "Long Term Evolution" meaning they would use the same towers and whatnot and be able to continuously improve LTE speeds with minimal cost for many years to come, making it pretty much unnecessary to come out with "5G."

Did I just make that all up?

Well, a new standard that would be using the same towers and all that and is just an improvement over the old one would still be called something, so it might still be part of LTE, but basically an updated version, which could, for example, be referred to as 5G.

 

[pkmaximum]

And this is why I will not let go of my Unlimited Data Plan.