Comment on Cable can't compete with 5G home internet, so it's cheating

PeterPoopshit@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Socsa@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Cable definitely does have a capacity and speed advantage over 5G in most cases. But 5G is plenty fast and reliable for most people these days, and it’s cheaper because there is no last mile maintenance. T-Mobile doesn’t need to repair a bunch of decades old coax line every time the wind blows.

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  • jkrtn@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Perhaps they should have invested in infrastructure with the government handouts they were given to do so?

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    • ech@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They spent it all blocking access to the fiber lines that are already there and padding the wallets of their execs.

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  • ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve seen that last mile, you’re lucky if the cable is buried more than one shovel length down. It’s the tech equivalent of the porn trope of using spit for lube.

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    • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Depends on where you live. Here in the city I live, the last mile is in underground conduit. It transitions to pole-mounted at the suburbs.

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• ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How the fuck can they not compete with 5G?

  According to the article, for the last few decades the cable and telecommunications companies have avoided upgrading infrastructure to increase profit margins, while wireless companies have been building and upgrading towers like mad. Wireless companies have also successfully lobbied to gobble up a bunch of frequency allocation to increase their bandwidth.

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• mellowheat@suppo.fi ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think if you allow a bit of simplification, it’s essentially the same thing as Ethernet vs Wireless as your home network solution. The other is slightly better but way less flexible. That’s why 5G is winning.

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• Default_Defect@midwest.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  5g is by far the best option in my shitty small town in Iowa. The two wired options are more than twice as expensive for less than half of the speed.

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