Verizon. 5G in name only
I have had a 5G ready phone for about 5 months and have only seen it acquire 5G inside a Costco store and a couple of airports. That amazes me because, if you watch the Verizon tv ads, 5G is all you h...
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mikestock wrote:
My point is that cellular manufacturers emphasize that they have 5G capability when it means nothing to most of us and progress to expand to less populated areas seems slow. Ever having towers every 1000 feet throughout the country seems unlikely.
5G arms race among providers. From all I've read on the topic, T Mobile seems to be leading the race. I'm a Verizon customer. Verizon and the other carriers seem to be focusing primarily on the downtown area of Orlando. In my suburban area, I've noticed 5G facilities along a major thoroughfare near us, mounted on tastefully colored metal poles no taller than a light pole. Hard to imagine the signal goes far. I also noticed fiber optic cable snaking up the poles to boxes mounted on them below the antenna. Must be a lot more computer gee whiz required to make it all work.
