Poll of the Day > So 5g is out in some major cities...anyone here have it?

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Is it as awesome as they say it's going to be?

From what I hear, it will basically give speeds of up to 50-150 mbps download, and even if you use up your gigs (which will be more likely at that speed unless they up em) it'll only drop you down to current 4g speeds (5-15mbps)...which is more then enough for streaming video etc.

I'm still considering doing a road trip, and one of the.....limitations...or things holding me back is reliable internet while on the road. I checked and MMO's don't actually use that much data (about 50mb/hour) so a 30gig plan would let you plan unlimited hours of an MMO....even with current 4g setups.

But watching TV/Netflix etc...is another story, you need about 5mbps which you only get with 4g right now (So if you useup your data, your done)...and 20G (or 30G) a month is only enough for maybe 10-12 hours of watching a week.

Anyway wondering if anyone is actually in an area with 5g and has run out of data...does it really downgrade to 4g and still download fast etc?
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I've been trying it here in Seoul, but I haven't really used it on anything that would let me notice a difference. HD videos stream without buffering, but it does that 90% of the time on 4G too, so.

AT&T tells me I have 5G but the E next to it tells me its bullshit.
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Fuck the 5g hype due to the health concerns, my 4g speed works fine. Guessing the following applies to anybody who *needs* 5g:

- guessing they "REEEEEEEE" when their streaming isn't in HD
- is an intense graphics whore
- has ADHD when they have to download something
- [keeping up with the jones's syndrome]

Don't fall for it. It's not that special.
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aDirtyShisno posted...

AT&T tells me I have 5G but the E next to it tells me its bullshit.

Yeah, they are getting in trouble about false advertising about that. As its just LTE+
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Yeah, I honestly could care less about the super fast speeds 50mbps+ is insane over kill.

I'm more interested in the (after you use your minutes you have unlimited 4g) part of the 5g plans.

4g as mentioned above lets you stream shows just fine, is all you need for surfing the web or playing online games anywhere. THAT is massive for me, as it would let me travel anywhere and still play my games etc.

No clue why you would even need 5g to be honest, although it will allow for cloud playing games I guess (games are stored on a server somewhere and you play the full thing on a phone, or VR headset etc.)

Only works if they drastically up the data you get though, cause if your using anything close to 100mbps, you'll eat through your 20 gig in days forget about a month.

The unlimited connection at 5-15mbps though....that would be golden. You could watch unlimited netflix anywhere on your phone/ipad etc, you could play VR MMO's (mine is coming on the 19th) anywhere etc.

I get orbus VR (with my occulus quest) on the 19th. I can play it at home....but it doesn't need any system to be hooked up to it. That means I could easily travel with it and use a battery pack to run it, and play my VR mmo on the road (well, not when driving lol), in a park, while camping, whatever...anywhere, anytime.

Now that...is going to be magic. I am looking at trading in my car for a suv/van type thing I can sleep in and travel with. I already checked out generators as well, and battery packs.

There is a pretty good combo I have found, a battery pack that will run most things for about 4 hours per charge (and takes 1 hour to charge), and a generator that gets about 10 hours of charge from 1 gallon of gas. By using them together, I would be able to charge the battery pack 10 times with the generator, while also running something off the generator, so with a base charge that is 11x4 hours + 10 hours = 54 hours of charge per gallon of gas. If I actually get one of those portable 1 gallon gas containers as well, that doubles it to 108 hours of charge before needing to refill (only need the portable gas for times I may be out in the wilderness going river rafting etc..and honestly, if i'm out there, I doubt i'll be playing VR for 10+ hours a day lol.

So I got the basics kinda ready, but I need the internet speed on the go to be there. The things like Hughesnet etc are expensive, and not worth it....so 5g looks like the solution...and hopefully it'll be up and running by early 2020 (supposedly T-mobile is waiting to launch nationwide which is why it's doing so later then sprint/verizon etc).
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PSA:

5G isn't any faster than 4G, it's a low-latency setup ideal for self-driving cars and the like. If 5G runs faster, it's because they're choosing not to invest in 4G.
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RedPixel posted...

Fuck the 5g hype due to the health concerns

I don't know how many of the concerns over 5g are luddite FUD, but the fact that I don't know is cause enough to want to put on the breaks on 5g.
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I believe so; yes. My ISP recently upgraded its radios (and our dish and router), ten-folding our internet speed, and IIRC they are using 5G.
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KJ StErOiDs posted...

I believe so; yes. My ISP recently upgraded its radios (and our dish and router), ten-folding our internet speed, and IIRC they are using 5G.

Nice!!

I went by metro pcs and they were like oh, there won't be an upgrade to 5g for years. Also wanted to upgrade my phone, which when I joined I was told I could do every 3 months or something, and it would just be the upgrade cost (like $20), but when I went in today they were like oh you get the reduced price, which is $69, and then there are fees etc, so it'll be like $90 to upgrade your phone to the cheapest one.

I am going to look around at the other cell phone service providers and see if I can get a better deal, and a better phone in the process lol.
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Kungfu Kenobi posted...

RedPixel posted...

Fuck the 5g hype due to the health concerns

I don't know how many of the concerns over 5g are luddite FUD, but the fact that I don't know is cause enough to want to put on the breaks on 5g.

We should put it on hold until proper research is done. Though I suppose we'll have the data on the health effects of 5g in like 20 years regardless.
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I dont expect rural areas like where I live will get 5g for about fifteen years.
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