Speed is the name of the game today. We, humans, believe in everything that is quick, and why not? Starting from our cars, to our mobile phones, to our internet, we tend to incline towards the world that is quickly evolving in terms of speed.
The Internet, for instance, has been a subject of rapid evolution. Gone are the days when you had to wait for minutes before a website could load. With technologies like 4G and 4G LTE at our disposal, life has become much easier.
Many network providers advertise 4G and LTE as the same things. However, we’ll tell you that they aren’t. Via this article, we try to understand what the basic differences between 4G and 4G LTE are. Take a look:
The Internet speeds that were a welcome replacement for the aging 3G servers, 4G technically has the ability to provide a minimum of 100Mbits/second to the user. If true 4G is offered, then it can reach download speeds of up to 1Gbit/s. However, the real world usage of 4G doesn’t reap similar results. In fact, in reality, we get download speeds that are 100 times slower than the industry benchmarks.
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Often misunderstood as 4G, LTE or Long Term Evolution is seen as the first phase of 4G. It is a stepping stone to achieve what is called LTE A or ‘true’ 4G. LTE was only, marketed as 4G due to business pressures, whereas the truth remains that LTE can only offer maximum speeds of 100Mbit/s. Unlike 4G, LTE lags way behind in terms of uplink spectral efficiency and speed.
As discussed above, the basic difference between the two lies in terms of the maximum speeds that these networks can provide. Additionally, LTE is a part of the huge 4G revolution. It is essential the first generation of 4G with LTE A being the second one. As LTE evolves and technology substantiates further, it would help the users in experiencing true 4G speeds in the future.
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