The difference between 4G, LTE, 3G, HSPA+, and GPRS

So when i find an LTE signal why doesnt it just say LTE and not 4G?
 
Rickster said:
So when i find an LTE signal why doesnt it just say LTE and not 4G?
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My iPad and Nexus 6 are both on MTN and both devices have LTE displayed and not 4G. To be honest, I couldn't care less what's displayed as long as it has decent speed.
 
vinodh said:
My iPad and Nexus 6 are both on MTN and both devices have LTE displayed and not 4G. To be honest, I couldn't care less what's displayed as long as it has decent speed.
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I think that's the most logical way of looking it.
 
Please adopt a standard that the public understands.
File sizes on my PC are in MB (megabytes - or million characters)
Download speed on my PC is in MBps (megabytes per second),
So why are internet speeds advertised in BITS??
This is misleading advertising to consumers. Their PCs and phones NEVER show download speed in BITS only Bytes.
The difference is just a capital B vs a lower case b.
1 MB = one megabyte (approximately a million characters)
1 Mb = one megabit (a million bits - and 99.99% of consumers don't know what a bit is!)

Therefore theoretically an internet connection of 10Mbps bandwidth can only download at a speed of 1.2 MBps.

If I pay for a 10 Meg ADSL service I expect a 10 Meg file to download in one second! The public doesn't know the difference between Mb (the advertised speed) and MB (the file size and download speed on my computer or phone).

Or maybe the consumer needs to memorize the conversion factor of 0.1220703125 to get the actual MBps value from the advertised speed in Mbps. It is not only confusing -

This should be taken to the advertising authority for blatantly misleading the public and false advertising. Smply by changing one letter to lower case (B to b) they are only giving you 12% of the speed you think you are paying for.
 
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I think you are confused, show me an advert saying a speed in Bits.
 
AlbertS said:
Please adopt a standard that the public understands.
File sizes on my PC are in MB (megabytes - or million characters)
Download speed on my PC is in MBps (megabytes per second),
So why are internet speeds advertised in BITS??
This is misleading advertising to consumers. Their PCs and phones NEVER show download speed in BITS only Bytes.
The difference is just a capital B vs a lower case b.
1 MB = one megabyte (approximately a million characters)
1 Mb = one megabit (a million bits - and 99.99% of consumers don't know what a bit is!)

Therefore theoretically an internet connection of 10Mbps bandwidth can only download at a speed of 1.2 MBps.

If I pay for a 10 Meg ADSL service I expect a 10 Meg file to download in one second! The public doesn't know the difference between Mb (the advertised speed) and MB (the file size and download speed on my computer or phone).

Or maybe the consumer needs to memorize the conversion factor of 0.1220703125 to get the actual MBps value from the advertised speed in Mbps. It is not only confusing -

This should be taken to the advertising authority for blatantly misleading the public and false advertising. Smply by changing one letter to lower case (B to b) they are only giving you 12% of the speed you think you are paying for.
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Ok bud, hope you feel better now ;).
 
AlbertS said:
Please adopt a standard that the public understands.
File sizes on my PC are in MB (megabytes - or million characters)
Download speed on my PC is in MBps (megabytes per second),
So why are internet speeds advertised in BITS??
This is misleading advertising to consumers. Their PCs and phones NEVER show download speed in BITS only Bytes.
The difference is just a capital B vs a lower case b.
1 MB = one megabyte (approximately a million characters)
1 Mb = one megabit (a million bits - and 99.99% of consumers don't know what a bit is!)

Therefore theoretically an internet connection of 10Mbps bandwidth can only download at a speed of 1.2 MBps.

If I pay for a 10 Meg ADSL service I expect a 10 Meg file to download in one second! The public doesn't know the difference between Mb (the advertised speed) and MB (the file size and download speed on my computer or phone).

Or maybe the consumer needs to memorize the conversion factor of 0.1220703125 to get the actual MBps value from the advertised speed in Mbps. It is not only confusing -

This should be taken to the advertising authority for blatantly misleading the public and false advertising. Smply by changing one letter to lower case (B to b) they are only giving you 12% of the speed you think you are paying for.
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40Mbps sounds better than 4MB/s
 
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