Comparing 3G and 4G Technology

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According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), 3rd generation cell phones provide a 14 megabit per second download rate and a 5.8 mb/s upload rate. As of right now, modern 4th generation cell phones provide a 100 megabit per second transfer rate. This means that users of 4th generation cell phones will be able to download, search the web, and/or use their applications significantly faster than 3rd generation cell phones. The 3rd generation cell phone frequency band ranges from 1.8 ghz to 2.5 ghz where as the 4th generation offers 2 ghz to 8 ghz providing users with better voice communication quality and faster data transfer depending where you are located.

4G is the first network that is purely packet-based and a packet-based network is optimal. 3G network is a network that allows it's user to transfer information wirelessly or wired (circuit-based), where as the packet-based network means to send and receive information throughout the network completely wireless. There are no disadvantages for a purely packet-based network when compared to 3G. 4G is just the next step in modern network technology combining and refining everything p