Saturday, March 12, 2011

MC2 Post 971 What It Really Means To 4G or Not To 4G

That IS The Question





AT&T Crippling Upstream Speeds On '4G' Phones
Motorola Atrix And HTC Inspire Have HSUPA Capabilities Snipped

With the new murky ITU definition of 4G including pretty much anything, AT&T has taken to calling their wireless network "4G" like everybody else. Except as we noted briefly, several of the company's more recent smartphone releases, including the Motorola ATRIX "4G" and the HTC’s Inspire "4G" -- don't really fully support AT&T's idea of 4G. In fact, they don't yet even support the HSUPA upstream upgrades we noted AT&T completed nearly three years ago. That has resulted in several Atrix and Inspire customers filing complaints with the BBB claiming AT&T was "capping" upstream speeds, and offering hardware that didn't match the "4G" advertising blitzkrieg AT&T has been engaged in.





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