Trent W. Buck <trentbuck@gmail.com> wrote:
Those "4G"s should probably be in scare quotes, because
In March 2008, the ITU-R specified a set of requirements for 4G standards, named the IMT-Advanced specification, setting peak speed requirements for 4G service at 100mbps for high mobility communication (such as from trains and cars) and 1gbps for low mobility communication (such as pedestrians and stationary users).
This raises the question of whether LTE Advanced will meet the above requirements, when released. (From memory, there are LTE Advanced phones available already, but they're not widely used and carrier support is obviously absent. It is to be hoped that carriers are installing equipment that can be upgraded to LTE Advanced, as they are investing extensively in LTE-capable infrastructure at present.)