AT&T says it just launched a new 5G network. It didn`t.
In one fell swoop, AT&T has all but undermined — and potentially ruined — the nascent brand that is 5G. The next-generation wireless standard, which hasn`t even been finalized yet, is set to roll out in earnest starting in 2019 or 2020. And even then, what we`ll see in the early days is a hybrid of what will eventually be the next way we connect to the internet on our phones and in our homes.
That hasn`t stopped AT&T from beginning its campaign to sully the still-whole notion of 5G with its new campaign promoting its `5G Evolution` network rolling out in Austin, Texas and, soon, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville and San Francisco.
5G Evolution, according to AT&T, is still entirely based on 4G LTE. There is nothing — nothing — in its current incarnation that has to do with what will eventually become 5G. Instead, it incorporates the same advanced 4G LTE featu...
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