For many places, your signal isn’t the bottleneck. It’s the back haul from the tower to the main internet. 5G won’t help if there’s a straw connected to the fire hose of 5G.
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Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day agoI was so disappointed going from LTE to 5G and realizing the speed difference is minimal. I was so hopeful it would be mega faster! Going from gigabit at home to mobile speeds is sad.
cynar@lemmy.world 1 day ago
exu@feditown.com 1 day ago
Thing is, there are two different types of 5G. 5G NSA is using 5G, but on the same 4G network resulting in little to no speed change. And then there’s 5G SA, the one you actually won’t but probably isn’t deployed anywhere outside major cities if that.
TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m not sure where midband 5G falls, but it’s significantly faster than LTE with much more range than the millimeter wave 5G.
thejml@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Same. I kinda wonder if it’s saturation… when 5G was first announced and I happened to be in one of the first cities with it on a business trip, and I happen to have just bought a new phone that had it and it was AMAZING. Sites were snappy, it was like I was on my personal wifi.
Ever since it became more widespread, I can rarely tell a difference between LTE and 5G and honestly, If anything, my phone is slower when I see the 5G icon.
TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 1 day ago
5g is fine (not great, but fine) on my phone until I get millimeter wave. The mw in the HEB parking lot down the street is amazing. If I get into the city proper it’s a crapshoot if I am able to get on the Internet.