We can lay the blame for this at the feet of T-Mobile for starting this HSPA+=4G marketing BS. AT&T just raised it to new heights. Unfortunately for many AT&T customers what you call it is irrelevant when you can't get a network connection in the first place.
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It is really the ITU's fault.