{"id":2656,"date":"2011-06-23T22:52:30","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T02:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=2656"},"modified":"2011-06-23T22:52:30","modified_gmt":"2011-06-24T02:52:30","slug":"congresswoman-proposes-bill-to-cut-down-fauxg-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/06\/23\/congresswoman-proposes-bill-to-cut-down-fauxg-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 &#8220;Congresswoman Proposes Bill To Cut Down FauxG Claims&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/2011\/06\/23\/congresswoman-proposes-bill-to-cut-down-fauxg-claims\/\">MobileCrunch<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The good news is U.S. Representative Anna Eshoo of California is here to help, introducing a bill called the \u201cNext Generation Wireless Disclosure Act,\u201d which will force carriers to tell customers (before purchasing anything) the minimum data speeds of the supposed 4G network, network reliability, and coverage of their marketed 4G service. \u201cConsumers deserve to know exactly what they\u2019re getting for their money when they sign-up for a 4G data plan,\u201d the Congresswoman said in a statement. \u201cMy legislation is simple\u2013it will establish guidelines for understanding what 4G speed really is, and ensure that consumers have all the information they need to make an informed decision.\u201d We\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/2011\/06\/22\/what-is-4g\/\">touched on this a bit<\/a> as the news broke, but until the bill passes and carriers are actually required to spill the beans, it\u2019s only fair to make sure our readers know what\u2019s up when it comes to 4G.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thank god. 4G isn&#8217;t really 4G at least not on any carrier that currently promotes it. I wish Google or Apple would make the carriers fix their claims. Looks like the\u00a0government\u00a0is going to do this for us. Good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MobileCrunch: The good news is U.S. Representative Anna Eshoo of California is here to help, introducing a bill&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-GQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3711,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2012\/04\/18\/my-condensed-ipad-3-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":2656,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 My Condensed iPad 3 Review","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"April 18, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Everyone has weighed in on the iPad 3. 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