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T-Mobile Launches 600MHz 5G Network Across United States
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Here's my take on it...
The jump from 3G to 4G was huge. Game-changing. It took the mobile Internet from unusable to usable. From terrible to great. And look at all the stuff we can do on 4G that would have been a nightmare on 3G. We wouldn't have had the proliferation of Instagram, or Uber, or mobile YouTube, or any of the other amazing things we do today if we were still stuck on 3G.
In short... 4G is great.
But while I hear all the benefits that 5G will offer like faster speeds, lower latency, it working better in large crowds, etc... I'm just not excited about 5G like I was for 4G.
5G doesn't feel like the same monumental leap that 4G was.
I'm usually a champion for "better, faster, stronger"... but 5G isn't grabbing me just yet.
The jump from 3G to 4G was huge. Game-changing. It took the mobile Internet from unusable to usable. From terrible to great. And look at all the stuff we can do on 4G that would have been a nightmare on 3G. We wouldn't have had the proliferation of Instagram, or Uber, or mobile YouTube, or any of the other amazing things we do today if we were still stuck on 3G.
In short... 4G is great.
But while I hear all the benefits that 5G will offer like faster speeds, lower latency, it working better in large crowds, etc... I'm just not excited about 5G like I was for 4G.
5G doesn't feel like the same monumental leap that 4G was.
I'm usually a champion for "better, faster, stronger"... but 5G isn't grabbing me just yet.
yeah ....no.... that couldn't be more of an incorrect statement.
Frequency Range 1 (FR1) runs 410 MHz to 7125 MHz.
Frequency Range 2 (FR2) runs 24.25 GHz to 52.6 GHz
5G is NR. NR runs on a litany of radio frequencies, 600 mhz being among them.
There's currently 40 approved frequency channels in FR1... and only 4 in FR2.
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That's not it either. The current Qualcomm SOC (855) doesn't have a 5G modem... it has the X24 modem that only does LTE -- which is what was available at the time the agreement was made. Any 5G phone currently has a separate X50 modem added in addition to the SOC, which wasn't available at the time of the agreement and also makes the phones noticeably thicker.
The Snapdragon 865 that has the integrated 5G modem doesn't come out until next year.
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Good thing we have another 8 months or so then. Haha.
And EXACTLY why I have not gotten a new phone from Apple. Will either wait for next go around, or switch out the Apple World - shutter!
there are a lot sports in 4K now. World Series. Every thursday night NFL football game. Every Notre Dame football game, about 3 other handpicked college games every Saturday. Golf majors and other randoms. Soccer every week. NBA and NCAA basketball as well. It’s not every game yet but it’s a ton more and growing. HD was the same when it came out.
I'm talking about through broadcasted TV in general and traditional carriers like AT&T, Time Warner, Frontier, Charter, etc...not on YouTube or Apps offered by MLB or NBA. I guess there are a few selected events broadcast in 4K, but from what I've seen, it's compressed and garbage compared to the quality 4K. It's also delayed 1-2 minutes, which is almost unacceptable in the live sports world.
I'll restate it. In general, sports aren't in 4K. There are pro games every single night. There isn't nearly enough 4K content and not having most sports is a HUGE issue.
Let's be serious too...they don't even broadcast most programming in 1080P....it's freaking 1080i...so they haven't even gotten 1080P right yet. Let's not even talk about 4K.
The two phones Tmobile is selling as 5G will also work with 5G on Sprint's band 41 so after the merger those phone will see a big boost in speeds from that and since they do not have 600 rolled out everywhere they must also have it working on their 700mhz in some areas that they show 5G coverage in where there is no band 71 yet.
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That'll come with ATSC 3.0 which will enable broadcasters to broadcast in 4k.
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That'll come with ATSC 3.0 which will enable broadcasters to broadcast in 4k.
I get what you are saying as I did before; And I understand the physical characteristics, distance from tower and all other factors, but all that does not explain (in my case) the speed variance which is at least 30 times different between peak and non-peak hours. To me there is only one explanation and that T-mobile is over-selling their services (like when airlines overbook their flights) and throttling is the way to manage it.
"T-Mobile today announced that its 600MHz 5G network has gone live across the United States, bringing 5G connectivity to those who have a compatible smartphone. "
Disclaimer: not Apple.
Apple users will wait... we always do.
Disclaimer: not Apple.
Apple users will wait... we always do.
Luxury! I live at the end of a canyon near Cloudcroft. If I walk ¼ mile up the hill to my neighbor's house (with a view of Sierra Blanca from their back porch), I can get one bar and send texts. The signal is pretty good 3 miles away near US 82.
This. I get 12Mbps on a good day, for the same price I used to get symmetric 1Gbps back in Austin. The tradeoff is worth it to live where I live, though.