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« on: February 10, 2019, 04:05:20 pm »

AT&T is being sued by Sprint for falsely advertising 5G on its phones

The 5G Evolution drama continues.



In late December last year, AT&T announced that it was starting to put "5GE" indicators on some of its phones in areas where subscribers are using its upgraded LTE network. The speeds on the upgraded network are faster than regular LTE, but it's still not true 5G.

Not being too keen about this trickery, Sprint's decided to issue a lawsuit against AT&T.

Per part of the lawsuit:


  AT&T has employed numerous deceptive tactics to mislead consumers into believing that it currently offers a coveted and highly anticipated fifth generation wireless network, known as 5G. What AT&T touts as 5G, however, is nothing more than an enhanced fourth generation Long Term Evolution wireless service, known as 4G LTE Advanced, which is offered by all other major wireless carriers.


Sprint goes on to say that, in a survey it conducted, 54% of respondents said they thought AT&T's 5GE was the same or better as real 5G. Additionally, 43% of people s...

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