Comments on: Exclusive: A First Look at AT&T’s LTE Network http://gigaom.com/2011/05/19/a-first-look-at-atts-lte-network/ Sat, 25 May 2013 06:11:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: bernard http://gigaom.com/2011/05/19/a-first-look-at-atts-lte-network/#comment-629650 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:39:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=347489#comment-629650 LTE is all IP. Simple as that.
LTE does not mean carriers will be going IPv6. There is whats called Carrier Grade NAT.

Right now you can count the number of IPv6 enabled Internet services (excluding the Googles, Facebooks, CNNs, Netflixs) in a /28. :)

]]> By: Daniel http://gigaom.com/2011/05/19/a-first-look-at-atts-lte-network/#comment-625880 Sun, 22 May 2011 22:41:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=347489#comment-625880 at&t was never going to call HSPA+ 4G, but thanks to T-mobile and even Sprint glorified Wi”fi”Max hotspot winning the re-definition of calling HSPA+ and WiMax as 4G, they were given the green light to market as such.

]]> By: Felix http://gigaom.com/2011/05/19/a-first-look-at-atts-lte-network/#comment-625578 Fri, 20 May 2011 18:51:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=347489#comment-625578 Ok, so then this means that my Motorola Atrix 4G is not actually a 4G phone? Or will it be able to use this LTE network when they roll it out? And did they say anything about when that will happen (in SF Bay)? AT&T sucks! I thought I was actually getting 4G…

]]> By: Red G. http://gigaom.com/2011/05/19/a-first-look-at-atts-lte-network/#comment-625567 Fri, 20 May 2011 17:59:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=347489#comment-625567 They’ll probably call it just LTE since 4G is the HSPA+

]]> By: zomby http://gigaom.com/2011/05/19/a-first-look-at-atts-lte-network/#comment-625518 Fri, 20 May 2011 13:10:57 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=347489#comment-625518 My bet is they’re going to call it 5G and every other carrier is gonna follow with their “5G” networks that will be identical to their current “4G” ones. That’s what happened here in canada with carriers suddenly rebranding their HSPA+ 3G network and calling it 4G.

]]> By: GB in NY http://gigaom.com/2011/05/19/a-first-look-at-atts-lte-network/#comment-625513 Fri, 20 May 2011 12:13:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=347489#comment-625513 With AT&T’s murky marketing ploy of calling HSPA+ “4G”, can we expect them to be the lone carrier on the planet to call LTE “5G” — or do we think they’ll come clean and tell consumers they were just kidding?

]]> By: Claudio http://gigaom.com/2011/05/19/a-first-look-at-atts-lte-network/#comment-625435 Fri, 20 May 2011 01:02:19 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=347489#comment-625435 2 Gb (AT&T’s monthly data plan cap) ÷ 28.87 Mbps (LTE speed) = 9.5 minutes. Isn’t progress great?

]]> By: HDC http://gigaom.com/2011/05/19/a-first-look-at-atts-lte-network/#comment-625424 Thu, 19 May 2011 22:56:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=347489#comment-625424 Any carrier would be suicidally foolish not to go full IPv6 at this level. I know, it’s AT&T so you kinda have to temper that assertion….

At any rate, what little I’ve gleaned about the future tech for phone carriers is that it’s all going IP eventually, from the handset all the way to the router. That direction pretty much mandates IPv6.

]]> By: Will http://gigaom.com/2011/05/19/a-first-look-at-atts-lte-network/#comment-625419 Thu, 19 May 2011 22:26:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=347489#comment-625419 Did the network engineer happen to mention if they were running IPv6 on their LTE network? I ask because VZW is running v6 on their LTE network.

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