When We Say 5G, It Is Fake -- AT&T! Industry Takes AT&T To The Task.

When over eager but always under delivering AT&T started updating the 4G LTE logos with a 5Ge logo, users were easily NOT fooled. So the Internet was ablaze. As one hope that other carriers wont follow the suite, both Verizon and T-Mobile declared what AT&T did was wrong.

Verizon declared in a nicely written letter;

That’s why we’re calling on the broad wireless industry to commit to labeling something 5G only if new device hardware is connecting to the network using new radio technology to deliver new capabilities. Verizon is making this commitment today: We won’t take an old phone and just change the software to turn the 4 in the status bar into a 5. We will not call our 4G network a 5G network if customers don’t experience a performance or capability upgrade that only 5G can deliver.

T-Mobile just tweeted;

didn’t realize it was this easy, brb updating pic.twitter.com/dCmnd6lspH

— T-Mobile (@TMobile) January 7, 2019