I wonder what the recognition is of "gigabit" now? I usually test things like this on my parents. :-)
On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 1:38 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > The average consumer has no clue what any of the following terms mean, > despite spending a lot of money on them: > > > > WiFi, 4G, 5G, LTE, modem, router, satellite, server > > > > And the industry is happy to keep them stupid, for example defining > “unlimited” as “throttled after 22 GB”. The latest I saw is Qualcomm > wanting people to think their phones will soon have gigabit download > speeds. Mobile carriers of course don’t sell speed plans, they sell data > plans, and manufacturers like Qualcomm conflate sector capacity with end > user speed. As well as neglecting to explain that all that unlicensed > spectrum will only be used for urban small cells, not the celltower 5 miles > from your house in the country. > > > > > https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/02/qualcomms-new-lte-modem-will-make-gigabit-download-speeds-easier-to-hit/ > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Gino Villarini > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 21, 2017 12:03 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 5G > > > > Ouch… > > > > > > > > *From: *Af <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Stefan Englhardt < > s...@genias.net> > *Reply-To: *"af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> > *Date: *Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at 1:49 PM > *To: *"af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> > *Subject: *[AFMUG] 5G > > > > Now the first wifi is called 5G. And who is the marketing winner: mimosa. > > But of course air-„fiber“ is not bad, too. > > > > Both companies should move some sales guys to the engineering staff to > make their > > Ptmp wifi gear gps work before claiming the next big thing. > > > > > > > > *Gino Villarini* > > President > > Metro Office Park #18 Suite 304 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968 > > [image: image002.png] > >
