Greg’s Bite: 5G taking shape at Rice University

Posted by Greg Mills

Apple, according to the rumor mill, is getting ready to launch the iPhone 5, which is likely to run on the newer 4G LTE networks that are just getting ramped up. This will give us real world mobile internet speeds that will seem to sizzle compared to 3G.

Remember when the first iPhone ran on the Edge? Sort of like dial-up modems of 15 or 20 years ago. The “World Wide Wait” was the experience of the time. The Edge was the predecessor of the 3G networks we see today and was so slow you could take a nap while your page downloaded.

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