What is 4G and do you want it?

4G refers to the speed that data is received on your cell phone. Currently most phones use 3G speeds, such as the iPhone. This means that when connecting to the internet it feels like you are using old dial up modems. Current 3G phones get about 1-2 MBPS speeds while 4G is closer to 10-20 with the possibility of getting up to 100 once the technology is available, so its significantly faster. 4G feels like you are using wireless high speed internet. The best comparison between 3G and 4G is dial up vs high speed internet. Here is a good article which goes into the details of 1G-4G.

However, one interesting fact, Verizon just released data showing that while their 4G coverage area serves 200 million customers, only 5% of their customers are using 4G services. This means that people are just not really using the high speeds. Personally  I use it all the time. So much better than 3G. Here is an article that discusses this issue

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