Need for speed

[bill_schubert]

I don't need speed but one mush use what titles are obvious.

We're slowly getting 5G around here and since I've got a 5G happy phone now I've been wondering.  Of course, we don't have it HERE.  We barely have any G's at the house.  But eventually it will get here.  We have HEB so civilization has found us.

But I was at CVS getting the chip replaced in my arm and they did have 5G.  So I did a speed test:

5g on my 5a phone

And at home on the Spectrum network?

At home speed

Close enough to not matter on the download and upload (which I don't much need) it is not even close.

T-Mobile is going to be offering a new package eventually.  Your house on T-Mobile 5G.  I signed up to be notified when it is available.  The attraction?  About a third less than I'm paying now for phone and Internet.  And, apparently, the speed is comparable.  

I've long known why the companies are so excited about 5G.  It is interesting to see it in person.

Comments

[susandennis]

envy!! they announced today that the pixel 6 announcement is a week from tuesday (the 19th). i'm ready!

[howeird]

I got the T-mobile 5G for cell phones (not the house one) and did not see the 5G symbol on my phone at home. But it showed up when I disabled wi-fi on the phone. Only getting 45 download and 14 upload from speedtest.

[timbear.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing that when everyone gets a 5G phone or home modem the speeds will drop considerably as the contention kicks in. Still, that may take a year or two which will save you money in the meantime.

Here in the middle of nowhere we're lucky enough to get FTTP which has been a game changer for us. Over the last year we've only just started to get 4G round here, and not in the house so I think 5G would be a non-starter for us.

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

I had that thought, congestion will overpower the system. Fortunately there is no startup fee (yet) for either 5G when available or back to cable if 5G starts slowing down.

There is a divide in the world between clusters of population density in and around cities and population sparsity in the areas away. There is momentary and cultural advantages to being in the dense area and that is becoming increasingly so. The culture is very different in an area that has high bandwidth for less money and the ability to earn goes along with it. So the divide will become stark over time. Availability and therefore lower cost of tangible goods as well as information really changes society.

[timbear.livejournal.com]

True that!

[msconduct.livejournal.com]

Particularly handy having it pre-installed in your arm.