Actually, LTE-A with 4x4 MIMO (edit: 3CC with proper category phone @ 20Mhz per carrier)has a theoretical Max of 1.2Gb. Most urban sites now have this configured in. We had multiple massive MIMO projects last year that also included the upgrade to our newer system modules and dual-band RRH's. If you live in a major metro area, the infrastructure is there. It's more than likely the carrier has provisioned its market for less or still installing fiber backhaul because let's be honest here until there's some type of wireless backhaul created, we are limited by what transport we currently have (fiber).

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All these unlimited plans are actually limited. 20GB or so on every major carrier not named T-Mobile.

This is why I keep pushing TMO and its not just because I design and manage their newer networks. :)

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Posted by UltimaParadox

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Posted on 1/9/19 at 3:26 pm to 50_Tiger

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still installing fiber backhaul because let's be honest here until there's some type of wireless backhaul created, we are limited by what transport we currently have (fiber).

You are obviously in the business and I appreciate your input. I find it sort of misleading with all these media outlets reporting how 5G and the IOT is going to change everything.

Eventually we will get there, I'll be curious if wireless carriers can control themselves and not convolute the 5G terminology so bad that no one can figure it out... Actually we know they will.

We just went to the national championship game and was actually shocked the wifi worked in a full house. That is a first

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