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Why do wireless carriers knock on my door in a major city trying to sell 5G home internet service? (links.hackliberty.org)
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I live in a major city with cable internet everywhere along with fiber in some areas (unfortunately not mine), but I’ve had multiple instances of carriers’ salespeople knock on my door selling 5G home internet service.

The reason this doesn’t make sense to me is 5G will always have a much higher latency than any wired alternative — it really only makes sense to sell this stuff in rural areas without the infrastructure. What’s more is the most recent carrier has a reputation for extraordinary coverage but their network is CDMA so their network speed is one of the worst in the city.

Wouldn’t it make more sense to sell this stuff elsewhere?

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[–] art@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

30 miles south of LA, my choices were:

  • $65 for DSL through AT&T
  • $75 for Cable Internet (That they called Fiber) through Charter's ancient network
  • $30 for TMo 5G when added to my family plan.

The TMo had more than double the speed. We need competition in this space. All the legacy companies are fat, slow, and lazy.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

But latency. If you're into online gaming, that would be a detriment.

Also I guarantee most people are still ok on 30Mbps. A 1080p Netflix stream consumes like 4Mbps.