RE: How AT&T and T-Mobile conjured 4G networks out of thin air
Jason: You seem to pull a lot of "facts," out of thin air too.
On one hand you use the ITU as a benchmark for what is considered 4G but even after quoting them as "relaxing," their standards you still make reference to the fact that HSPA + is somehow still not 4G per your standards of course.
Next, you claim that HSPA + latency range is between 200 and 500 ms. That can't be farther from the truth. Real world HSPA + latency (especially when you factor in multi carrier) is actually under 80 ms.
You then make claim that AT&T's HSPA + network is "more 4G," than T-Mobile's. Gimme some of what you're smoking basing your own speed tests? Did you know that ATT has only deployed fiber ethernet (enhanced backhaul) to 3 major markets while T-Mobile has fiber deployed almost across its entire 4G footprint? Again I"m not sure where you get your facts but it sounds like you get them from some 17 year old Verizon employee who works in a kiosk at your local mall.
You then state that ATT has HSPA + coverage across its entire network. Wrong again. They only claim to have installed HSPA + software across their entire 3G network (not their entire network). Way to go Jason again on the facts!
Dude I'm embarrassed for you.
