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> No wireless technology has been a bigger flop than 5G when comparing the hype to the eventual reality. Well that’s obviously not true. I was at the launch ev
by eli 3y ago
> No wireless technology has been a bigger flop than 5G when comparing the hype to the eventual reality.
Well that’s obviously not true. I was at the launch event for WiMAX which had huge hype and now you’ve probably never heard of it.
5G actually exists and works. In my home (admittedly near a tower) it’s faster than my gigabit Fios over wifi.
- soco 3y agoMaybe it was a flop as seen by people who expected it to make them grow a third arm or get mind-controlled by the secret government. That plan flopped greatly. /s
- kjellsbells 3y agoIronically, T-mobile is sitting pretty for 5G spectrum because the acquisition of Sprint gave them a boatload of spectrum that Sprint in turn got when they acquired Clearwire...who acquired the spectrum for WiMax. Funny how life turns out.