Hmmmm. It's kind of everyone splitting hairs. You can call Vivid 4G but it's not great coverage and not great speeds and note really what you expect of 4G. At the end of the day the iPad doesn't support 4G LTE and it will be either the next model(s) or we wait until 2015 when 700MHz becomes available.
I don't think that Apple were misleading. It's not too different from the iPhone where we have 3G networks across the country on different frequencies. We couldn't use an iPhone on Optus or Vodafone 3G in Albany until the iPhone 4 because they used a different frequency. I don't know why Apple branded the models that way. Maybe could have just had iPad Wifi and iPad Wifi/Mobile (obviously their marketing dudes would come up with something sexier!). Great publicity though huh? Quoting Adrian Skehan <adrianske...@me.com>: > ABC News 24 is headlining that the ACCC is taking Apple to court on > the basis that Apple iPad 4G claims are misleading. > > http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Technology/2012/03/28/Apple_iPad_4G_claims_misleading-ACCC_733681.html > > I thought it was very clear from the launch that it would not work in AU. > > > > > Regards, > > > Adrian > > adrianske...@me.com > > > > > On 28/03/2012, at 8:47 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: > >> good news indeed. >> --- >> Susan Hastings >> Mobile: 0409 688 004 >> susanhasti...@mac.com >> >> >> On 28/03/2012, at 8:21 AM, Martin Hill wrote: >> >>> What the tech at Telstra couldn't sell you was a 4G LTE contract. >>> >>> However, what you do have is a sim that gets you on the 4G HSPA+ >>> dual carrier network instead. The tech may have called it a "3G >>> sim", but the ITU classifies it as 4G as well. As you say, it is >>> pretty damn fast. >>> >>> Considering my home ADSL connection tops out at 2-3mbps, getting >>> up to 42mbps on HSPA+ dual carrier on the iPad (so far up to >>> 20mbps real-world speeds) on Telstra's NextG network is pretty >>> astonishing when you think about it. >>> >>> -Mart >>> >>> >>> On 28/03/2012, at 7:19 AM, Susan Hastings <susanhasti...@mac.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Martin, I'm using a 3G sim in a third generation iPad. I was >>>> told by someone in a Telstra shop that Telstra will not be >>>> issuing a 4g micro sim for the iPad because our version of the >>>> iPad does not support our version of 4g. So wondering if the iPad >>>> switches over to the faster network with the 3G sim. It does seem >>>> to be pretty fast. Cheers, Susan >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> >>>> On 28/03/2012, at 12:08 AM, Martin Hill <marth...@iinet.net.au> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Don't believe the noise on the interwebs - the new iPad does >>>>> work on 4G frequencies and at 4G speeds in Australia. >>>>> >>>>> The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) defines "4G" to include: >>>>> - LTE (Long Term Evolution) >>>>> - WiMax >>>>> - HSPA+ dual carrier >>>>> >>>>> Vivid Wireless advertises their WiMax service which tops out at >>>>> 4-5mbps around Australia as 4G. >>>>> >>>>> Telstra advertises their HSPA+ dual carrier service which is >>>>> capable of running at speeds up to 42mps as 4G (as per the ITU). >>>>> Already users are reporting real-world speeds of up to 20 Mbps >>>>> in Sydney besting Vivid Wireless's 4G speeds by a factor of 4. >>>>> >>>>> At the moment, Telstra's LTE service is giving faster speeds in >>>>> many tests, but just wait till the number of users increases to >>>>> the sorts of numbers on the HSPA frequencies and you should see >>>>> those speeds drop as LTE users (just like HSPA and WiMax) all >>>>> share the same bandwidth to their local tower. In the USA, tests >>>>> of 4G in New York top out at 20mbps - the same as what Tesltra >>>>> HSPA+ dual carrier achieves in the real world here in Australia. >>>>> >>>>> Telstra has also previously indicated they would be doubling the >>>>> speed of HSPA+ DC to 84mbps using MIMO which would give it >>>>> parity with the current generation of LTE. Only LTE Advanced >>>>> theoretically offers greater than 100mbps. >>>>> >>>>> The iPad 4G is indeed 4G in Australia and the ACCC has no case. >>>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
