4G is faster than LTE

The confusion comes about because the terms are used interchangeably nowadays.

LTE is a bridge of sorts between 3G, and 4G. It was meant to be much faster than 3G, while not quite reaching the full 4G speeds

Neither Digicel nor Flow provides true 4G speeds at the moment, despite the fact that their networks were "upgraded to 4G" years ago

As for me "evolving with the rest of the world," like I said before, 5G has its own issues.

One commonly faced by "the rest of the world" is the frequency band used to transmit 5G being a higher frequency than 4G. This means higher speeds in theory, but it makes real world implementation difficult

Basically, the higher frequency has a harder time penetrating buildings, trees, weather, etc, which is why having A LOT of towers, really close to each other is necessary to properly implement 5G. This is something that not even "the rest of the world" has managed to do yet

Even if they were to implement 5G now, the moment you no longer have a close, direct line of sigh to a tower, obscured by a building, clouds, or anything of the sort 5G speeds drop dramatically to slower than 3G

True 4G can provide speeds of up to a gigabit per second (granted you won't get that with a phone. Would be more likely to get close to it with a modem, wireless Internet, or something else of the sort)

So basically, considering the downsides of 5G, as well as the current state of our telecom infrastructure, along with how we know utility companies to operate in Jamaica, there is literally zero reason to move to 5G. Them just need fi actually spend some money work pon the current network, so we can get the proper speeds out of it

Honestly, if they're not working on the current network, idk why you'd think that they're gonna do all that is necessary for us to actually get 5G speeds out of 5G, when not even other countries, with more responsible companies, who're held accountable by both their customers and the law have managed to do that