4g future

[Scamp]

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

[Scamp]

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

[krysib]

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”

[computergeek541]

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@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.

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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.

[popping]

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.

[LovesToPM]

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.

[jor123]

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. 

[Jb456]

PM is LTE just throttled to 3 g speeds.