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Vol 13 No 28
LTE 101 Recipes
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Wild Blueberry Muffins
Around Town
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Local for Miss Pre-Teen
Business
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Dynasty Dental Ribbon Cutting
St. Charles Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Scott Tate
Photo by Ray Rockwell
The Mobile Technology That’s Changing How We Connect Over the past few years, it is clear that the way most Americans communicate in their daily lives has changed dramatically. We are now a mobile society. We do nearly everything on the go, not just entertainment and not just keeping in touch, but business, education, and even health care. As our needs changed, so has mobile technology. With things moving so quickly, keeping up with the alphabet soup of technical terms can be confusing. Here’s an explanation of one of the most important terms when it comes to the mobile landscape: L.T.E. These letters seem to be everywhere when it comes to wireless technology. But what exactly is LTE? Let’s start with the letter “G,” a letter you’re probably more familiar with. Each “G,” or “generation” of wireless technology, has given us faster speeds and improved performance. The first generation of wireless technology enabled voice calls. The second generation, or 2G, was the first to bring us data services like text messaging, email and basic web browsing. Next came 3G,
By John Sondag, President of AT&T Missouri
which provided true access to the Internet and all it has to offer, including video content and mobile apps. Today, we have 4G. LTE, which stands for “Long Term Evolution,” is a 4G technology. That’s because it’s the latest standard and the next step in wireless technology. It’s expected to be the premier mobile broadband platform for products and services in the foreseeable future. LTE offers faster speeds, up to 10 times faster than 3G. With faster speeds, consumers can access even richer content, applications and cloud services. Why should you care about fast speeds? Here are a few reasons: Faster response time: Have you ever experienced a slight lag before a webpage or file starts downloading? That’s called latency. LTE has lower latency and faster processing time. More efficient use of spectrum: This equates to more lanes on the mobile broadband highway for a better experience for data services for consumers and businesses. For example, the amount of data traffic on AT&T’s wireless network
increased 30,000 percent from 2007 through 2012, and customer demand for mobile broadband continues to increase. This new 4G LTE technology allows for more data to be used more efficiently. See LTE 101 page 2
Learn & Play
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“House Held Up by Trees”
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