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Verizon's $50 5G Home Internet Service Launched Today
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Yes! These types of Internet will be great for rural areas and underserved. Only struggle I see with 5G is the range. I believe it’s shorter than previous gens.
The fact that people might not think about it much could make it more confusing when troubleshooting or setting something up and there being references to 5GHz WiFi that people will incorrectly interpret as 5G, for example. None of this is to say something should be changed or isn't named appropriately or anything like that, simply an observation of how it could potentially get tangled up in some cases for more of typical users.
What I want to know is what equipment they're using...
Chatted with a friend this morning, she's in the coverage zone, actually sounded excited. Metro Center neighborhood, on the east end of Rosier Circle. I heard "Bye, I'm signing up. Click." That's all I've got...
Out of interest just how bad are Comcast?
Just wondering as they’ve made a bid to purchase Sky in the UK from what little I’ve read up on it.
Just wondering as they’ve made a bid to purchase Sky in the UK from what little I’ve read up on it.
In my experience, being a Comcast customer for several years at two different addresses, not bad. Comcast is a company people love to hate, but I really haven't had any significant problems. I only subscribe to internet service, no TV. I've had to call customer services a couple of times, and while you do have to deal with the typical outsourced customer services asking you in a thick accent, "have you restarted your computer?", that's gotten a lot better in recent years. Instead of waiting on hold for a long time, they'll call you, and the last time I had to call, it was only a 2-3 minute wait.
Maybe I'm just lucky, but I think a lot of the hate on Comcast is because it's popular to hate on Comcast. They're not perfect, but they're also not the demons people make them out to be.
No cap until they get enough users. The terms make it clear they can change that cap at any time, and they most certainly will. As we've seen with every provider, there's no such thing as "unlimited".
Competition is good for everyone!
Hopefully this will spread to other markets quickly. I would consider dumping Comcast.
Hopefully this will spread to other markets quickly. I would consider dumping Comcast.
I looked into it last month. It’s only $50 if you’re an existing Verizon wireless customer. Otherwise, it’s $70, I believe.
I'm also rural and it will be several years (if ever) before 5G is available. Our better bet is broadband over power lines. [Technically it will go from the power pole to your house via 5G]
https://www.cnet.com/news/at-t-airgig-could-mean-100-megabit-rural-broadband-in-2021/
Good luck with that. The 5G signal is so terrible you need like 12 of those in your house and they have to put repeaters on every single light and telephone pole in the city. It literally cannot pass through walls, glass, or even leaves on a tree.
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here is their map of towers:
I still havent found an address that is available yet, though.
You assume incorrectly. 1 Gigabit is 125 Megabytes. Which works out to 7.5 GB/minute, 450 GB/hour. 10.8 TB/day.
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I'm using Comcast currently, and I don't hate it. It's plenty good for basic TV service and consumer-grade internet. I do want to switch to Fios, but only because I host my own server at home. If I didn't, Comcast would be just fine. It's the upload speed that kills me. 250 down, but only 5 up? Are we kidding?
I previously had Gigabit Fios and it was awesome for my server, but in all honesty, I don't notice a difference in my day-to-day use between that and 250 megabit on Comcast. Of course for huge files it's a massive difference, but those download quietly in the background on my server automatically so I don't see it happening. Browsing on my Macbook or iPhone? Feels the exact same.
Agreed. I’m hoping AT&T and T-Mobile eventually offer a similar service as well. Then consumers would finally have some real choices. Where I live AT&T U-verse and Charter Spectrum are our only ISP choices but at least we have a choice and can play them off each other when they jack up our rates or we are forced to walk away from one to get the really good initial pricing they both offer as a “new” customer.
I feel terrible for those who don’t have a choice. Charter Spectrum is the fastest option but AT&T U-verse offers 60 Mbs up / 10 down where I’m at which is fine for my wife and I to stream in HD/4K to two devices. It just sucks having to switch back and fourth ever few years to get the best deal.
So Verizon was supposed to install this in my home today. But it was not meant to be. I live in a 12 story building in downtown LA. There is a 5G antenna tower in front of my building, less than 100 feet from the entrance. But because of where my unit is in the building they weren't able to get adequate signal. They literally brought out a film crew and everything and was going to make a huge deal out of it all.
3 hours later they tell me sorry, but you can't have Verizon 5G yet. I knew that the signal didn't go through buildings well. But that is absolutely ridiculous. They still hooked me up with the free Apple TV 4K for the hassle, but I'm still bummed that I have to deal with Spectrum for a while longer.
3 hours later they tell me sorry, but you can't have Verizon 5G yet. I knew that the signal didn't go through buildings well. But that is absolutely ridiculous. They still hooked me up with the free Apple TV 4K for the hassle, but I'm still bummed that I have to deal with Spectrum for a while longer.
I'm sure the poor customer service thing is true, but if you never have to call customer service, then there's no problem. I haven't had to yet. My in-laws have been Comcast customers for 20+ years and they have only had to call a handful of times.
Edit: This post made more sense before the person I quoted deleted their post.
Edit: This post made more sense before the person I quoted deleted their post.
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It’s going to be amazing for that the latency is pretty epic
I truly hate them. I’m in Miami and it’s a monopoly here and they know it. The second I can dump them I will.
Plus an additional monthly rental fee for the access device. I'm sure that's not included, and I'll bet it will be a long while before you can buy your own.
please understand the difference between latency and bandwidth
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it is, but still likely not low enough for consistent <50ms ping, even though they're promising <4ms ping under "ideal" conditions.
Actually, it's the competition that drives "no caps". I'm lucky to live in a city where there are three providers...none of them have caps, likely due to the competition. Adding a competitor into the mix forces the providers to give on things like caps.
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I get consistent <50ms ping over LTE already. I can use mobile hotspot to play Xbox One online without lag right now. Why would a new technology that should technically offer lower latency actually offer a worse experience than the existing tech?
A disclaimer: I have T-Mobile and live in a top-10 metropolitan area, so obviously your mileage may vary.
It's available in an extremely small sliver of Houston. I'm reading that this is the case in the other markets as well. This really should have been a soft launch without a big marketing campaign.