AT&T Renames Its 3G Network a 4G Network

[Scott]

I think the slight comfusion is AT&T didn't just call its 3g network 4g. What they did is the same as T-mobile and are going with HSPA+ which is an advanced version of 3g and they are calling that 4g. To use this network there has to be a special antenna in the phone or other device. So phones with the current 3g antennas in them will not be able to utilize the faster speeds on the HSPA+ side of things but as more people move to devices that can it will free up some bandwidth on the 3g side of things and actually make it a little faster.