Telcos in the Philippines have been heralding the arrival of super fast internet via 4G since 2 years ago. We were able to test Smart’s LTE (Evolution) service in Boracay and Dusit Hotel where we saw up to 40mbps. I’ve been testing the Globe 4G Tattoo Tonino Lambogrhini Stick over the last few days and I’ve gotten up to 4.5mbps on a USB dongle (not on HSPA+ yet though). A lot of tech bloggers though have been bashing the telcos saying that their products aren’t really “4G”. The NTC though hasn’t done anything yet to clarify what truly makes 4G and how telcos should use it in marketing. This will change though — in the United States. There’s a proposed bill there called the Next Generation Wireless Disclosure Act.
What does the bill do? It will force carriers to fully describe and define what their 4G coverage is, guaranteed minimum data speed (and not just the infamous “up to”), and what kind of technology is being used. It will also compel another government agency to provide side-by-side charts (updated) comparing prices and speeds.
What do you guys think? Do we need a Next Generation Wireless Disclosure Act?
Via MacWorld
pointless, 4G is all marketing hype. 3G should suffice. what matters is how big our pipes are going out the country. smart probably tweaked the boracay demo to allocate more outgoing bandwidth for that particular access point (but please do disprove me)
Thanks for another great piece on a very important issue.Posted to my wall and created a shortened URL to use in a print article — http://tinyurl.com/COple-4Gdisclosure