Why 4G has more limits than the older 3G technology? – Part 1

The US of A has been the breeding ground for the latest technologies in the internet services and that has been proven over and again. The advent of the broadband in the late 90s, GPRS with AMPS and GSM, then wireless broadband connections in the form of 3G, have all been the living examples for evidence the premise. Now, the fourth generation of technology in the wireless networks is going places in the US. More and more cities and counties are being enveloped by the likes of AT&T and Verizon.

However, the faster the speed is the more the consumers devour the data. And that is one fact that is nagging the users who like faster speeds but are also big biters of the data available online. These aforementioned wireless carriers have no doubt introduced new 4G techs like LTE and HSPA+ (recently approved by International Telecommunication Union). These networks offer greater speeds at low costs to the carriers but the same amount charged to the customers.

Most customers signing up for 4G data services still pay the same amount every month to their carrier as those that use a 3G network. Sprint Nextel even made subscribers pay $10 a month more for 4G WiMax service.

This has however, been recently changed to the liking of the customers who prefer  4G over the older 3G.

Now wireless carriers are starting to recognize that they should be cutting consumers a break for using 4G. This may be why AT&T is giving its unlimited data subscribers with 4G LTE devices more leeway with their monthly downloads.

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Posted by Usman Khalid on Mar 21 2012. Filed under Sci-Tech. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.