@fne8w2ah to TechnologyEnglish • 11 months agoTelcos are barely done rolling out 5G networks — and they're already talking about '5.5G'www.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square37arrow-up1191arrow-down19
arrow-up1182arrow-down1external-linkTelcos are barely done rolling out 5G networks — and they're already talking about '5.5G'www.cnbc.com@fne8w2ah to TechnologyEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square37
minus-square@DannyMaclinkEnglish37•11 months agoOh, 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
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•11 months agoTechnically speaking the first LTE specification didn’t meet 4G requirements either, so for a short while you could get two different fake 4Gs.
minus-square@fne8w2ahOPlinkEnglish5•11 months agoOver a decade ago and this crap still feels like yesterday.
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
Technically speaking the first LTE specification didn’t meet 4G requirements either, so for a short while you could get two different fake 4Gs.
Over a decade ago and this crap still feels like yesterday.