I have heard that at times, LTE can slow down so much that you are actually going slower than 4G. Is this true? I tried to connect to Safari at one point, couldn't get a reliable connection with LTE turned on so I turned it off in settings. I haven't had any major connection issues since doing so.
Regards, Wayne On 10/17/13, Raul A. Gallegos <[email protected]> wrote: > yes, agreed, it's all about marketing. The common person only looks at > numbers and fancy letters. 3g, 4g, ETC. Then here comes LTE, wow, > something new and exciting when it's 4g, or what should be technically > called 4g. Go figure. > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > Knowledge is knowing the tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting in > your fruit salad. - Sheldon Cooper > Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 > > On 10/17/2013 5:42 AM, Sean Paul wrote: >> What AT&T introduced as 4G wasn't technically 4G, it was really 3.5G >> they used their HBPA+ protacall & called it 4G. LTE is technically what >> is considered 4G... Instead of just calling it 4G the cell companies >> seem to feel the need to add the LTE to it to make it sound so much >> better. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Andy Baracco <mailto:[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Thursday, October 17, 2013 00:47 >> *Subject:* Re: AT&T, 4G and LTE >> >> They’re different. LTE is the fastest cellular connection you can >> get, but it’s not available everywhere, so as you travel you may >> shuttle between 4G and LTE coverage. >> Andy >> *From:* Tom Lange <mailto:[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 16, 2013 9:28 PM >> *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> *Subject:* AT&T, 4G and LTE >> Hi all, especially AT&T users with an iPhone 5 or higher, >> This may seem like a stupid question, but I always tell my students >> that the only stupid questions are the ones that aren't asked. So >> here goes. I've used an iPhone 4 on AT&T for 2 and a half years >> with either wi-fi or 3g, and now that I've had my 5S on AT&T for a >> couple of weeks now, I'm curious about something. When I'm not >> connected to wi-fi and am out and about, sometimes my status bar >> will say 4g, and other times it will say LTE. Is there a difference >> between the two? 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