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EE to Launch 5G in the United Kingdom on May 30

The parent company BT was experiencing telephony issues yesterday meaning no outgoing and incoming calls on mobile phones. I doubt they can get 5G.
 
never seen the point in offering ultrafast 5G (like 4G/LTE previously) and then the carriers limit their "affordable" plans to around a 10GB download limit for the plan per month.

you can use up your entire 10GB plan data limit in like 5 minutes on 5G - what you going to do for the next 30 days? lol
 
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Which 5G is that? Is it ATT’s version of 5G or true 5G which means no phone can access the network yet.
Also is the speed difference when it is launched that different than the 4G LTE we have now?
I mean for that cost, you can’t even justify it to replace your current Internet provider.
The whole pricing thing doesn’t make sense to me
 
cookiesnfooty said:
First year I may skip upgrading if no 5G chip, I see no point.
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5g is great in theory. But seriously what’s the point of it for everyday use at the moment. Sure it will allow many more devices on a tower and speed but I’ve not had a dropped call in years on EE Max+ and a reliable 80-90Mb/s down and 30 up (which is higher upload than my home virgin media 350!) that way more than even a 4K video stream needs.

If 5g ever become uncapped I can see it be great for home ISP.... but it won’t for a long time and will be damn expensive.
 
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Onelifenofear said:
5g is great in theory. But seriously what’s the point of it for everyday use at the moment. Sure it will allow many more devices on a tower and speed but I’ve not had a dropped call in years on EE Max+ and a reliable 80-90Mb/s down and 30 up (which is higher upload than my home virgin media 350!) that way more than even a 4K video stream needs.

If 5g ever become uncapped I can see it be great for home ISP.... but it won’t for a long time and will be damn expensive.
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Exactly my point, it’s useless tech right now. Only useful for home broadband users who can’t get fibre to the door or cabinet.
The UK needs better coverage, but as usual no ones interested in providing that and they just want to go pointlessly faster..
 
5G needs to be unlimited data, anything else to a con.

I am on EE as my personal Sim on contract with an XS Max and with insurance it tops £100 with 100GB data.

I just picked up a Three sim to use as a second line £20 for unlimited everything and decent speeds.

5G needs to offer unlimited at a reasonable price and without crazy handset prices, I plan to purchase outright and keep sim only in the future.
 
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