They’ve done this with every new generation, I’m shocked that they aren’t already advertising 6G
Oh, did you forget about the time LTE started rolling out and telcos decided to call HSPA+ (3.5G) 4G? One of these scumbags will start calling it 6G. Marketing teams are full of great ideas. /s
Over a decade ago and this crap still feels like yesterday.
“Comcast is discontinuing its its “Xfinity 10G Network” branding to describe its internet service after a National Advertising Review Board (NARB) panel found that the term could mislead consumers into thinking that Comcast’s cellular and broadband services would offer much faster speeds than current-generation networks.”
That’s all well and good until someone invents 6 minute abs
Fuck everything, we’re doing seven blades.
Well sure. They are always going to be upgrading their networks.
They just put up 5g transponders on the tower that serves me at the beginning of this year. It’s worse than the 4g lte I was getting.
Welcome to the future!
I don’t know what to believe
“was” getting. Both can be true if LTE went downhill after the 5G deployment.
Let’s see 4G LTE releases over the years…
• Release 8 (2008): Introduced base LTE capabilities, including high peak data rates (up to 300 Mbps downlink, 75 Mbps uplink), improved spectral efficiency, flexible bandwidth options, and lower latency compared to 3G.
• Release 9 (2011): Enhanced aspects of Release 8, such as carrier aggregation (combining multiple frequency bands for increased bandwidth), improved handover (switching between cell towers), and support for multicast/broadcast services.
• Release 10 (2011): Introduced LTE Advanced, marking a significant step forward. It brought features like wider bandwidth support, further carrier aggregation enhancements, and MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) antenna technology for increased capacity and efficiency.
• Release 11 (2013): Continued improvements on LTE Advanced, focusing on enhanced interoperability with Wi-Fi, power saving features, and self-organizing network (SON) functionalities for network optimization.
• Release 12 (2014): Furthered LTE Advanced capabilities, including support for Voice over LTE (VoLTE) calls, machine-type communication (MTC) for low-power devices, and coordinated multi-point (CoMP) transmission for improved coverage and capacity.
5G means Fifth Generation, so I would think that 5.5G is simply an improved version.
I’ve heard that they are constantly improving the standard, 5G was a “snapshot” that they agreed upon.
Not precisely.
that is how technology works…
Yeah it would actually be kinda freaky if they finished rolling out an upgrade and just declared they were done.
Well, that’s it. Pack it up boys. Not more upgrades forever. We did it.
Anyone else notice that after 5G came out, 4G seems to have slowed to 3G or less? It will sometimes take almost two minutes for a page to load, if at all with 4G status.
Fuck the environment, we need more G’s
My foreign friends say this is an American problem and they have been past 5G for quite some time, even up to 8G speeds.
Yeah. Currently at 7G planning to move up to 8G once I get my Neuralink implant.
Fuck that forced obsolescence nonsense.
… technology getting better over time isn’t forced obsolescence.
