For Americans Going To Europe Or Overseas

wco81 · 07-01-2011, 16:16

Kind of surprising that US carriers are ahead of the curve for LTE deployment. It was the other way around for GPRS and 3G, I believe.

Of course I think the spectrum auctions in Europe about 10 years back cost carriers way more money than the auctions in the US. But those were only for 3G.

In the US, T-Mobile is also calling their HSPA+ network "4G" too in advertising.

trevmar · 01-08-2012, 03:50

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Originally Posted by wco81

Kind of surprising that US carriers are ahead of the curve for LTE deployment. It was the other way around for GPRS and 3G, I believe

Well, everywhere I have traveled in Europe I have gotten HSPA+ speeds, so why would I want 4G? What could I do with the extra bandwidth? Except watch movies at work? Which I have no desire to do...

LTE deployment in the US seems really patchy. I am still using AT&T HSPA. Nothing better in our area, in 'the suburbs' of Los Angeles.

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wco81 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 304 Join Date: 17 Jun 2007 Country:	07-01-2011, 16:16 Kind of surprising that US carriers are ahead of the curve for LTE deployment. It was the other way around for GPRS and 3G, I believe. Of course I think the spectrum auctions in Europe about 10 years back cost carriers way more money than the auctions in the US. But those were only for 3G. In the US, T-Mobile is also calling their HSPA+ network "4G" too in advertising.