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To: Sdgla who wrote (1137123)	5/29/2019 12:01:02 AM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 1578938

US 5G SUCKS: Study confirms AT&T’s fake 5G E network is no faster than Verizon, T-Mobile or Sprint 4G In case you still thought that 5G E was actually 5G By Cameron Faulkner @camfaulkner Mar 22, 2019, 3:47pm EDT theverge.com AT&T’s 5G E network isn’t actually 5G. You probably knew that, but since we’ll never get tired of dunking on it, a new study (via Ars Technica) now shows that 5G E isn’t just misleading, it proves that AT&T’s current 4G LTE speeds can actually be slower than other carriers who employ similar LTE Advanced and Advanced Pro technologies. Perhaps this is why AT&T is trying to sweep the lie under the rug. The study by Opensignal measured and compared download speeds from AT&T’s 5G E network to the results from other carriers’ 4G LTE services. From Ars Technica: OpenSignal data is based on crowdsourced speed tests that can be performed by anyone using OpenSignal’s apps for iPhone and Android. OpenSignal told us today’s report is based on tests on 1,057,522 devices nationwide, across all four carriers, between January 28 and February 26. Only certain phones are capable of AT&T’s 5G E speeds and, as expected, they are faster than the slower AT&T 4G offerings available on lower-spec phones. But even at its fastest download speeds (28.8 Mbps) AT&T’s 5G E placed third out of the four carriers, with Verizon coming in first, T-Mobile in second, and Sprint in last. You can see the chart below that compares them. Even more damning for 5G E: Opensignal notes that when the same 5G E-compatible phones are used on different networks, there isn’t a discernible difference in speed. It’s almost as if there’s nothing special at all about 5G E. Opensignal RELATED The broadband industry loves bullshit names AT&T defended 5G E in a comment to Ars Technica, saying that “OpenSignal’s note reveals their methodology is flawed,” and that “Speed-test data purporting to show the ‘real-world experience of 5G Evolution’ without verifying the capable devices were tested in a 5G Evolution coverage area as shown by the indicator does not accurately represent the 5G Evolution user experience.” We’ve reached out for further comment. The goal of Opensignal’s study is to “quantify the real-world experience of 5G E,” and seeing the numbers drives home that AT&T’s fake 5G network is just plain LTE. I think my colleague Chaim Gartenberg said it best back in early 2017: What AT&T is referring to as “5G Evolution” may be faster than its current 4G networks, but calling it 5G is a meaningless marketing move designed to confuse customers and make AT&T seem like it has a technological leg up on the cutting edge of wireless technology. It is, plainly speaking, bullshit. AT&T is, like the other carriers, at work on a real 5G network. If you’re eagerly awaiting true 5G connectivity, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon each plan to launch their respective services in 2019. But effectively, there’s no such thing as a network for 5G phones right now.

To: Sdgla who wrote (1137123)	5/29/2019 12:01:39 AM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 1578938

US 5G SUCKS: AT&T (sucks) upgrades folks to 5G (Evolution) that isn't actually 5G Job numbers, coverage ... is there anything US telco giant hasn't been accused of inflating? By Shaun Nichols in San Francisco 7 Jan 2019 at 23:17 theregister.co.uk Look closely ... Is that E for Enhanced? E for Extra? Or E for Egregious marketing bollocks? AT&TScumbag has rolled out a new branding for its LTE mobile broadband network, calling the current-gen system 5GE, or 5GEvolution. Not 5G. 5GEvolution. The telecoms giant has started pushing the marketicture to Android subscribers, who will see their LTE network icon change to 5GE on their handhelds where the high-speed connectivity is available. AT&TCheaterannounced the 5GEvolution brand late last year, and this week injected the new logo in the phones themselves. Think of the "E" as an asterisk, slumped under the desk in hope of avoiding being spotted, on its 5G coverage. A stop gap. A stepping stone. 4G with go-faster stripes. By calling the technology 5GEvolution, the US mobile giant is able to claim it is offering near-5G connectivity, without having to actually provide a true 5G network at this time. It would be like AT&T calling itself AT&TAlmost. It's a cynical move to get the jump on rival telcos also building out 5G cells. If folks do notice the E in 5GE, they may think it means Enhanced or Enabled, not Eventually. 5GE uses 4x4 MIMO, 256 QAM, and other features where available, to reach a theoretical top download speed of 1Gbps. 5G proper is supposed to go up to 20Gbps. Today's 4G networks, at least in the US, typically reach about 30 to 50Mbps in realistic conditions. So 5GE is better than 4G. But it's not 5G. "Our improvements are already enabling faster speeds on our existing LTE network," AT&TShyster told its customers, defending its 5GEbranding. "With enhancements like carrier aggregation to add more 'lanes' to the highway that data travels on. 4x4 MIMO to double the number of antennas that can send data back and forth. And 256 QAM to make data transmission more efficient. All this adds up to faster speeds for you." Six lawsuits against FCC's 5G idiocy – that $2bn windfall for telcos – is bundled into one appeals court sueballREAD MORE The early response to the move, however, has been less than glowing. Telecom industry watchers have condemned the rebranding as "misleading" and "deceptive." We'd go with 12lb of excrement in a 10lb bag. Meanwhile, AT&TNeeds a revolution is continuing to build its actual 5G network as well as a faster "5G+" network being tested in a dozen US cities, mostly in the South and Midwest. Union brouhahaWhen the carrier wasn't being taken to task for its creative use of the term "5G", AT&TSkipped evolutionfound itself under fire for allegations it was pocketing money from US tax cuts and moving jobs overseas. A report [PDF] from the Communications Workers of America, the union that is said to represent some 100,000 AT&TAt least it's not Verizon staff, alleges that the telco axed some 10,700 union call center jobs last year and moved them overseas. The CWA claims the cuts break a promise AT&TGreed is good execs made in 2017 after the White House signed laws to cut the company's tax rate. At the time, the union notes, AT&T promised to invest billions from the tax cuts to add and keep maintenance and call center jobs in the US. "In stark contradiction to these grand statements, AT&T continues to eliminate thousands of good, family-supporting jobs from coast to coast, and has cut more than 16,000 call center jobs in the past seven years alone," the CWA alleged. "Instead of investing in its workforce and transitioning to jobs of the future, AT&T is laying off American workers and relying increasingly on a global web of low-wage contractors to provide customer service and network maintenance." ®