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Originally Posted by cbaty08
I don't mean to be noob but..............
The wiki on LTE is talking about speeds of 100Mbps down and 50 up...................?
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Yeah, they're usually talking about theoretical speeds, ideal situations, no traffic, switching and the range of the stations is low.
In reality LTE will be 7-12Mbps down and 3-5Mbps, which is similar to WiMax speeds. Those speeds are important for netbooks, MIDs, etc. Current smartphones would choke on those speeds and most people just don't pull that much data when checking email, surfing the web on their phones.
But lets be clear: the real winners of "4g" here will be who can launch the first with the most coverage/availability, not isolated speed tests. Both services will perform similarly in the field.