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For me personally the jump from 4g(LTE) to 5G is much less apparent than from 3G to 4G. It's not unlike the upgrades in video technology. 2G -> 3G -> 4G

For me personally the jump from 4g(LTE) to 5G is much less apparent than from 3G to 4G. It's not unlike the upgrades in video technology. 2G -> 3G -> 4G -> 5G VHS -> DVD -> Bluray -> UHD While the jump is significant between each level, the apparent improvements are diminishing. On LTE I can watch Netflix, live tv, Facetime, use the internet as I would at home on Wifi. Using the internet on the go (mobile) won't see that much of an apparent improvement (unless you are needing high bandwidth connectivity), but I could definitely see a case if this was used to push gigabit level wireless speeds in hard to install/dense residential locations.

DaiPlusPlus 8y ago
I think the biggest change won’t be the faster speeds that 5G will deliver; but that it will necessarily mean the carriers will have to significantly raise their bandwidth limits beyond the current 1-10GB/mo limits (even “Unlimited” plans have soft caps and speed limits). Kinda like how 3G meant iMessage, Skype and Hangouts rendered SMS obsolete so carriers stopped charging per-message - I think 5G will mean more people will stream other video streaming services (this skirting the controversy over zero-rating Netflix and YouTube to the detriment of their competitors). Hopefully this will also mean that people in underserved rural areas stuck on atrociously slow DSL can get decent service without needing to compromise with a high-latency satellite connection or a low-transfer-limit LTE hotspot.
- perlpimp 8y ago
  Herein lies the question, if we actually prefer to text instead of vid/facetime/etc how this would be relevant. Streaming applications from powerful server might be a thing though.
londons_explore 8y ago
Live streaming apps from the cloud rather than running them locally on the device suddenly becomes practical when you have reliable low latency connections. That in turn means apps can be faster because they're running on a cluster of powerful machines with a big GPU. Developers will look back at the old times when apps had to be unloaded to save memory, and then try to recover state when reopened.
JustSomeNobody 8y ago
> Using the internet on the go (mobile) won't see that much of an apparent improvement ... Of course not, web developers with javascript all your new bandwidth away.

DaiPlusPlus 8y ago

I think the biggest change won’t be the faster speeds that 5G will deliver; but that it will necessarily mean the carriers will have to significantly raise their bandwidth limits beyond the current 1-10GB/mo limits (even “Unlimited” plans have soft caps and speed limits). Kinda like how 3G meant iMessage, Skype and Hangouts rendered SMS obsolete so carriers stopped charging per-message - I think 5G will mean more people will stream other video streaming services (this skirting the controversy over zero-rating Netflix and YouTube to the detriment of their competitors). Hopefully this will also mean that people in underserved rural areas stuck on atrociously slow DSL can get decent service without needing to compromise with a high-latency satellite connection or a low-transfer-limit LTE hotspot.

perlpimp 8y ago
Herein lies the question, if we actually prefer to text instead of vid/facetime/etc how this would be relevant. Streaming applications from powerful server might be a thing though.

londons_explore 8y ago

Live streaming apps from the cloud rather than running them locally on the device suddenly becomes practical when you have reliable low latency connections. That in turn means apps can be faster because they're running on a cluster of powerful machines with a big GPU. Developers will look back at the old times when apps had to be unloaded to save memory, and then try to recover state when reopened.

JustSomeNobody 8y ago

> Using the internet on the go (mobile) won't see that much of an apparent improvement ... Of course not, web developers with javascript all your new bandwidth away.