While wikipedia isn't the most trustworthy source, it's opening blurb seems to dispute what you're saying:
"3G telecommunication networks support services that provide an information transfer rate of at least 200 kbit/s<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilobit_per_second>. However, many services advertised as 3G provide higher speed than the minimum technical requirements for a 3G service. Later 3G releases, often denoted 3.5G <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3.5G> and 3.75G<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3.75G>, also provide mobile broadband<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_broadband> access of several Mbit/s <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbps> to smartphones<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone> and mobile modems <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_modem> in laptop computers." Seems to imply that to be called XG, a network has to provide a minimum transfer speed according to IMT-2000 specs. Now, the marketeers may be misusing the terms, but shouldn't one expect a "4G" network to provide a certain minimum speed? P. -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given credit. On 25 September 2013 21:46, Benjamin Tayehanpour <benja...@sandslott.org>wrote: > On 25 September 2013 20:36, sanga collins <sanga.coll...@gmail.com> wrote: > > In the states companies can face legal action for false advertising > claims. > > If the same mechanisms were in place in Uganda, local telcos may not be > so > > quick to throw catch phrases and marketing gimmicks at customers instead > of > > the service you are paying for. > > Again, the "G" isn't a measurement for speed, it's a measurement for > generations. Each time you change the radio link technology to > something newer, you increment one. In the USA, HSDPA is called 4G. In > most of western Europe, HSDPA is known as 3G, or sometimes 3G+ or > Turbo-3G or similar. It's a fairly worthless marketing term, that's > it. > > Or were you referring to some actual speed claims in advertising I've > missed? In that case, my apologies :) > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > LUG@linux.or.ug > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/lug@linux.or.ug/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
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