I'm new to working at Sprint, but read that the company has sued AT&T for 5GE under deceptive marketing. Where do you guys stand on this issue? Do telecom companies usually sue other telecom companies? Is this lawsuit also a marketing strategy? What are your thoughts? Also, do customers really believe that 5GE and 5G are the same thing? https://www.wired.com/story/sprint-sues-att-proving-5g-still-meaningless/
Yes.
It's shitty and misleading to claim you have 5G. Consumers don't understand the E at the end. It's intentionally defective and I hope AT&T gets fucked by regulators for it. But it's the FCC, and they don't do their jobs so nothing will happen.
This is so egregious, it's really should be embarrassing for AT&t employees. It's just out right lying and b*******.
Seeing as how the head of the FCC is a former telecom lawyer, I doubt we'll see FCC jumping in with additional regulations anytime soon
Lulz
Lying?? I dont think its lying when it actually is deployed to certain areas (which is clearly noted in the ad) and is aggressively working on deploying it to other areas. If anything, it seems to be a cheap ploy by Sprint. 'Hey look they are using the same (even if unethical) marketing strategy that's pretty much the standard for the industry'
5G Evolution (5GE) is totally unrelated to the 5G standard. It's an upgrade to normal 4G LTE. That's great. Roll that out. Market it. But the 5GE branding is obviously supposed to be deceptive.
Its not totally unrelated. Its a step towards 5G. Provided its not true to 5G standards but it does have significant advantages over 4G.
Customers don't even fully understand 4G / LTE. I do think it's shitty that AT&T is proclaiming 5G but isn't even close to the speed it can provide. As for suing, companies sue each other all the time.
My router puts out 5g. As far as I’m concerned I’ve had 5g for 4 years now.
5Ghz & 2.4Ghz frequency from dsl & cable Modem are not the same thing as 5th generation cellular millimeter wave length from sfemto small sites