> the higher frequencies used for 5G don't go as far or penetrate as effectively. Not true. 3G & 4G bands are being refarmed to 5G, I am seeing freqs as low a

> the higher frequencies used for 5G don't go as far or penetrate as effectively. Not true. 3G & 4G bands are being refarmed to 5G, I am seeing freqs as low as 700 mhz being used around here, so they'll penetrate far and wide. That said, the presence of a 5G icon on your phone doesn't mean you're actually using 5G, that's very cheeky from operators. The really meaty 5G band here in UK is N78, 3500mhz, some operators got big chunks of those, for example Three UK has 100mhz of that, contiguous, and people often see 1Gbps+ downloads. I found this frequency does a reasonable job and inrural areas, with high gain antennas, you can still receive it miles away. mmWave bands - not currently in use in Europe, will indeed be only useful in small (and crowded) places like stadiums, shopping centers, etc. Of course, they could install them on top of many street lights or telegraf poles, then they will become much more useful, in reach of most of us - basically very high speed, low latency "broadband", wireless.