4G to be only slightly faster than current 3G

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Massive costs, soaring consumer demand for data and the logistical nightmare of setting up tens of thousands of new cell sites- all these factors are going to lower the speed of 4G technology.

3G technology offers speeds of up to 2 megabits per second and broadband delivers 5 megabits per second to the average U.S. household. On the contrary, 4G will generate speeds of at least 100 megabits per second but the road to get there will be tough.

About 10,000 cell sites will have to be installed by the carriers to fully deploy a 4G network and this will cost hundreds and thousands of dollars. The two largest U.S. carriers, Verizon Wireless and AT&T have both announced plans to unveil 4G networks in the next two years based on a new technology called Long Term Evolution (LTE).

The No. 3 wireless carrier, Sprint Nextel claims to have a 4G network in place based on a different technology called WiMAX.