3G was really slow and most of the mobile applications that mattered most were struggling including video calls hence 4G was well received. Right now truely 4G mobiles are NOT struggling for speed in most of the practical applications including software downloads and cheaper data plans.
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If that is the case there are a lot of wap that ar in sore need of replacing. unless ofc the wifi is not te limiting factor, did you mean home internet connections (where the connection between the home and the isp is the limiting factor and not the wifi as your comment could indicate if taken literally) ? In any case wow americans are being screwed on internet speeds, here in Norway the offical statistics (by the norwegian bureau of statistics) (dec 2019 which is the most recent) says anb average of 150.3Mbps down (no upstream is provides) and a mean of 82.5Mbps. I know the us is big, and for the most part sparsely populated, but come on you guys invented the internet, and packet switching, and iirc where early which comercial isps. what happened? I'm not writing this to make fun of the us, sucky internet is not a joke in late 2020, I'm genuinely perplexed
Yea they do seem silly now, but context is everything, to the person that seaid each qoute it was probably true at the time it was said. Example the zip drive comment: what was the zip drive ment top replace/compete with? The 3.25in floppy drive IIRC and from what I've read it was esp if you needed to move files >1.38MB , which if the only thing you had was floppy disks, was rather tedious as you either had to use compression or utilities to split it into multiple smaller files (ok often this was combined in a single utility). The floppy comment is probably even older, when files were usually small )seen from today they were often preposterously small) so the floppies relatively low absolute transfer speed did not make a difference. But requirements change over time as usage patterns change.
well I'm all for it, maybe just maybe then netflix et all could start streaming 4K at a somewhat equivalent bandwidth (assuming same codec) as UHD bluray, the thing thhey sell as 4k uhd now is at best ok at worts a bad joke, come on, if peering costs are the issue just adjust the price for 4k up a bit, I'll gladly peay a premium for a premium product, on that subject where ar the lossless audio codecs on streaming. No i'm not the kind of person that buys gold cables (gold connectors, yes there it makes sense due to no corrosion) but for the codoctor itself copper is superior duer to less resistance iirc. But I fear I'm in a slowly shrinking minority, as more and more people seem to watch (even big budget movies) on mobile devices with small screens and earbuds for sound oh well. To be perfecly clear, what people use to watch and listen to netflix content on is not a big deal to me, unless it moves the average so far down, that my setup (decently sized uhd hdr oled tv, pared with an nice receiver with support for all HD audio codecs (as far as I know), front speakers need an upgrade and atmos speakers are missing(upgrade planned)) have no chance of performing to its potential. And I'm not picking on netflix eiter, HBO nordic is a joke (ask anyone theat remembers the dark scenes in the final episode of GOT.
This is too cryptic for me, sorry. Could you spell it out? Qualcomm's current modem is sub-par?
Good article. I think there is more concern for people close to a 5G cell tower because of the greatly increased RF power involved compared to 5G smartphones. That is something that always comes up at meetings where the telecoms asking for permission to increase the number of 5G cell towers locally.
