It's called 4G Long Term Evolution or LTE, and Ken Power, the director for Telus' Atlantic region says the old network is more like dial-up internet, where the new network is like high-speed.
Downloads are approximately 75 megabits a second, making it seven to 10 times faster than the old network.
He says any customer with a relatively new smart phone should be on the network, but there's no fee for the upgrade.
