Carriers don't even fully provide what 4G is capable of, yet still advertising so-called 5G. I would be okay with 50gbit 4G LTE with an unlimited plan for the next 5 years at least until they figure out their new gimmicks.
Sounds like a (theoretical, I know) solution would be to limit carriers to advertising no more than their current rolling average of download speed across all users.<p>No one needs mention the obvious incentivizing to cut off all of the slowest areas/device/customers.<p>I just think being required to report something based an 'actual' performance as opposed to 'vague technical term' could be more informative and shift all this handwaving over to a 'look, we've improved out actual throughput!' basis.
Bandwidth doesnt matter so much as latency. The only thing keeping me from using 4G tether as a main connection is the 150ms ping. 5G is supposed to get this under 5ms. I see no mention of latency in this study, which makes me question the source.
Here's a speedtest over 4G LTE... Serbia with Telenor. <a href="https://www.speedtest.net/result/8133950542" rel="nofollow">https://www.speedtest.net/result/8133950542</a>
This is Marketing 101 on how to make your customers and potential customers feel that you're ahead of the curve when you're really behind and you need to buy some time.<p>Also, haven't we all learned yet that the publicity and discussion this is generating reenforces the connection between AT&T and 5G in people's minds, even if it's technically incorrect? The facts don't really matter.
Speed isn't everything though. I only get 40Mbps but the network is reliable and I can tether (just retrieved 4 gigabyte from my seedbox).<p>Do not let carriers blind you with fancy numbers.
Still waiting for the Java-style version increment, where 5.1G comes out and someone starts marketing it as 51G. "It's 47Gs better than T-Mobile!!111!"
Dirtbag AT&T always doing shady stuff like this. Wouldn't be surprised if someone proposed this and execs signed it off as a great idea because the revenue from the additional signups was determined to be greater than the expected fines.
"All four major carriers have rolled out LTE-Advanced. But while Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile accurately call it 4G, AT&T calls it 5G E."<p>"AT&T's network name change may well trick consumers into thinking they're getting better service than a 4G operator, but they aren't. We already knew that 5G E has no technological advantage over LTE-Advanced, because they are the same thing with different names."<p>Doesn't that mean this, for all intents and purposes, isn't really the 5G we're all thinking of and that this is just massive click bait?