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Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
Rogers:
-LTE 'Beyond 4G' Network rolled out in Ottawa, soon expanding.
Telus and Bell, sharing the same towers (my personal favourite):
-4G network came in 2009, apparently. It still uses HPSA+ technology.
First of all, Rogers - LTE tech IS 4G. 'Beyond' implies they've exceeded the maximum theoretical network speed of LTE, which is apparently somewhere around 150 mbps.
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Rogers changed to calling HSPA+ 4G only in response to Telus and Bell. Rogers had been sticking to calling it 3G HSPA+, but was being beaten up by Customers who didn't know any better. As such, if HSPA+ is 4G, then LTE is rightfully Beyond 4G...
http://mobilesyrup.com/2011/05/07/ro...rk-on-may-9th/
http://redboard.rogers.com/2011/our-take-on-4g-and-lte/
"For several weeks, our largest competitors have been using the term 4G to refer to HSPA+ technology that Rogers first introduced back in 2009.
We’ve been trying to stay out of the name game. Our belief all along has been that what matters to our customers isn’t what we call today’s technology but what comes next.
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Meanwhile, our customers are telling us they’re confused because different carriers are using different names to refer to the same technologies. So while we initially thought we wouldn’t need to follow suit, we will begin referring to our HSPA+ network as 4G over the next few days."
HSPA+ definitely isn't 4G, but in this case, I can't blame Rogers for following along.