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I was very excited about the opening of the first public LTE network in Belgium by the carrier Belgacom.
This carrier runs LTE on 1800MHz which is supported by my european iPhone 5.
Apparently Apple blocks access or is not willing to provide a carrier settings update for us to access this LTE network?
iPhone 5, iOS 6.0.1
I must say that I understand the control process from Apple's point of view.
They want to let the user experience LTE as it is meant to be on their devices.
Having control over this process means that people won't blame Apple if their LTE is underperforming.
I hate it, but I get it.
So either Proximus does not know of this test and is even not close to the stage of Apple testing their LTE network.
Or they know about it, know it for quite some time, but don't tell in public in case they fail for the test.
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Pieter J,
That's a not so smart post of yourself, there.
I updated it a bit to be more clear.
No sane person will blame a phone manufacturer if a certain network is too slow.
Then you should take a look outside (no offense). It's the first reaction of somebody without any technical knowledge. Slow internet = bad phone.
So you think those simple-minded people will not react that way if they are stuck with an even slower 3G network?
No because they don't expect "the amazing LTE network" that they read about in the papers.
Instead they will be angry because their "bad phone" cannot connect to "the amazing LTE network" that they read about in the papers.
That's true and that includes us. 😉
I really don't get the Apple logic here.
A week ago I read an article were Apple accepts to put 4G on it's screen for a network that has almost the same speed as 3G, sometimes even slower.
http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-03-08/tech/31135146_1_4g-lte-network-hs pa-network
And just to put LTE on it's screen, they need to test the network to see if it is fast enough, LOL
The ITU has included HSPA+ in the definition for "4G". AT&T requested the change be made. It was. There was no reason to deny it as it is connecting to a "4G" network. Simple, really. As for the speed being almost the same or sometimes slower, sorry... stick to what you know. HSPA+ is significantly faster than the 3G network that predated it and also significantly faster that competitors 3G networks.
You don't like it, go complain to the ITU.
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Both of these tests were conducted at the same time from the same location. As you can see, the "4G" iPhone 4S has pretty much the same data speeds as the 3G iPhone 4. In this instance, the 4G network was actually slower.
According to KiltedTim, we should complain to everyone (carriers, governments, ITU), except the Holy Apple (the one who is restricting the LTE capabilities of our phone).
You gotta like the "reasoning" being presented here: Apple should take responsibility for the technically ignorant and analytic-thinking challenged coming to false conclusions and blaming Apple. Amazing! The 2006 movie "Idiocracy" was truly prophetic.
When Apple says that LTE is supported on the iPhone on your carrier, then you can complain to them if it doesn't work. Until then, you have no excuse for expecting something to work that no one has said would work.
As for the 3G/4G issue, The sample was far too small, and they performed the test on what was, and still is, the most congested cellular data network in the world.
Basically, the test is invalid. It does not reflect real world performance outside of NYC, and enough updates have been done to the infrastructure in NYC that it is no longer valid there either.
LTE not available on LTE enabled network in Belgium (Belgacom)
