News - True 4G to be 500 times faster than 3G

[HEXUS]

Some call if 5G, others "true 4G." IMT-Advanced could arrive within two years.

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[Pancake]

Some call if?

Some call it

[Arthran]

Hang on, Typically 100mb, and yet my 3g (hdspa+ that is) does 21mb...

500 times faster?

Erm... Maths Check please Carol

[keithwalton]

Hang on, Typically 100mb, and yet my 3g (hdspa+ that is) does 21mb...

500 times faster?

Erm... Maths Check please Carol

You have 3.5G, orig 3G was 256kbit I believe, though that would make it 400x not 500...

[Scribe]

I think it's more about reality, with 3g as saturated as it is, you never realistically receive anywhere close to top speeds in crowded areas.

[mark22]

I think it was the american carriers jumping the gun when they didn't really have 4G. Phone manufacturers had to really copy the rest of the herd so now it'll probably be called 4G+S

[vrykyl]

I thought the uk was doomed until the government decides to finally sell off the old terestrial tv spectrum?

[mark22]

Well it could surely only be sold after the digital switch over and I remember hearing it would be auctioned off this year sometime. So just in time to setup shop for the new generation of phones, (might not be so simple?).

[jigger]

"True 4G to be 500 times faster than 3G"

Salt in hand and waiting for the Up To marketing...

[directhex]

You can use up your 500M data cap 500x faster? yippee!

[mark22]

There's always one, might as well not bother then I have streaming music through my phone playing for several hours every afternoon here, Giffgaff is your friend.

[Hoonigan]

Giffgaff is your friend.

I can't wait for my contract with 3 to end in October. GiffGaff will be mine

[TaintedShirt]

so now it'll probably be called 4G+S

thanks for that, excellent.

[Scribe]

I thought the uk was doomed until the government decides to finally sell off the old terestrial tv spectrum?

At least when it does sell it off, networks can buy ?5G? enabled equipment instead of investing in LTE first.

[aidanjt]

You can use up your 500M data cap 500x faster? yippee!

Exactly.. All this speed freak nonsense is pointless willywaving until ISPs stop being stingy bastards with the bandwidth.

[Tunnah]

all this noise about super fast mobile high def video - i'll settle for normal video that i don't need to pause for 10mins before watching it!