fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoTelcos are barely done rolling out 5G networks — and they're already talking about '5.5G'www.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down19
arrow-up1175arrow-down1external-linkTelcos are barely done rolling out 5G networks — and they're already talking about '5.5G'www.cnbc.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareDannyMac@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down1·9 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-squarezaphod@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 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-squarefne8w2ah@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 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.