topic Re: 4g future in Get Support

4g future

Scamp — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 18:23:55 GMT

Are you going to offer 4 G in the future, maybe when 5G is more common?

Re: 4g future

Jb456 — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 14:16:12 GMT

PM is LTE just throttled to 3 g speeds.

Re: 4g future

jor123 — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 14:26:31 GMT

We don't even have voice over LTE or WiFi calling yet unfortunately... But yes, PM does operate on LTE just throttled down artificially to 3G like speeds.

Re: 4g future

LovesToPM — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 14:27:02 GMT

Hi @Scamp

It's a common misconception at PM.

"data may reach download speeds of up to 3 Mbps, with the coverage and reliability of the LTE network."

PM mobile data works on LTE network. However calls work on 3G network only.

Re: 4g future

popping — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 16:04:03 GMT

PM use 3G for voice calls and LTE capped to 3Mbps for data. You can call the LTE capped to 3Mbps as LTE lite if you will. For user experience on a mobile phone is acceptable as

1. I will not download a huge file using mobile data.

2. LTE low latency allows quick turn around during browsing.

3. watching 720p video

It will take a while to get 5G. We will get full LTE after Telus turns off 3G transmitters. Not until then, we will be on LTE lite for a while.

Re: 4g future

computergeek541 — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 17:50:16 GMT

@popping wrote:

It will take a while to get 5G. We will get full LTE after Telus turns off 3G transmitters. Not until then, we will be on LTE lite for a while.

We can't know for sure if Public Mobile customers will get full LTE after any shutdown of the HSPA+ network. Public Mobile could just as easily enable VoLTE but leave the speeds the same. Either way, that's years away.

Re: 4g future

krysib — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 16:20:11 GMT

THIS actually explained so much to me!! Thank you!! I was confused that I was still listed as “LTE” on my phone — but it makes so much more sense now that you’ve said it as “LTE with throttled speeds”

Re: 4g future

Scamp — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 19:45:10 GMT

A big thank you to all for helping explain this to me.