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[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I live in the US in a pretty large city and I would never even think to replace my fiber with 5G. I've never seen 5G get above 25 Mbps, when I was getting those speeds with COAX 10 years ago.

I pay for 1Gbps fiber now and will never go lower.

[–] Khanzarate@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I wish I had fiber. I get 100 Mb from T-Mobile 5g and 80 from spectrum. I've had two significant gaps in coverage from T-Mobile, but I also had internet during a power outage with a generator and an extension cord, which was huge.

For 50$, I'll take that over a more consistent 80mb for 100-120$.

Definitely a rural thing, less 5g congestion and all. a physical line makes way more sense in a city, ideally fiber, but 5g internet has a pretty big niche.

[–] redshift@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I get 500 Mbps on 5G home Internet on a bad night. I would still take fiber over 5G any day, but it can be much better than you've seen.

[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Damn, really? That's actually shocking and impressive.