ray@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoYou're Being Lied to About 5Gwww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down14
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minus-squareXanza@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year agoAgain, this is a nomenclature thing. You’re correct. mmW exclusively deals with the frequency range of the Gen5 network. But Gen5 networks are branded as 5G. mmW is branded as 5G. Gen5 over 4G LTE is branded as 5G…
minus-squareBakkoda@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoNo it’s a consumer rights issue. It’s intentionally vague to mislead consumers. End of story
minus-squareXanza@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·1 year agoNo, it’s a nomenclature issue and continually proves that technologists are bad at naming things: https://xkcd.com/927/
Again, this is a nomenclature thing.
You’re correct. mmW exclusively deals with the frequency range of the Gen5 network. But Gen5 networks are branded as 5G. mmW is branded as 5G. Gen5 over 4G LTE is branded as 5G…
No it’s a consumer rights issue. It’s intentionally vague to mislead consumers. End of story
No, it’s a nomenclature issue and continually proves that technologists are bad at naming things: https://xkcd.com/927/