tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post1126053443268079972..comments2024-03-20T22:57:03.923+00:00Comments on Dean Bubley's Disruptive Wireless: Difficult optimisation for 3G vs 4G vs WiFiDean Bubleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719150957239368264noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post-48560037703447902222012-12-22T16:38:43.512+00:002012-12-22T16:38:43.512+00:00I don't know anyone who would pay extra for 4G...I don't know anyone who would pay extra for 4G over 3G. How many people need fast data outside the home? When travelling outside towns it's a moot point anyway, as you can rarely get a connection. Inside towns, what are people going to be doing on their devices that needs 4G?<br /><br />My only issues with data on the move are (a) Outside town I can't get anything much. (b) When I can get a connection latency is pretty bad. Of these two, the former is the biggest problem, and 4G will do nothing to address that.<br /><br />I think it is nothing more than a slow evolution of quality, it certainly is no revolution, and I would rather we had a more ubiquitous network.<br /><br />The carriers all need to merge their masts to work on coverage and manage as virtual networks within that. If they had done that ten years ago we wouldn't have the crappy system we have now.<br /><br />I am not looking forward to another 10 years (yes I think it will be 10 years) of 4G rollout and adoption that will basically leave us in the same situation we are on now, only with faster speeds that we don't need and the same lack of coverage. The UK (European?) industry needs to get a better vision than this terribly short-sighted one it has now.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00916247703974179072noreply@blogger.com