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Does it even matter for most of us?

• supertrope 3y ago
  Yes but in a subtle manner. While hundreds of Mbps is well past the point of finishing returns for one individual, that pool of bandwidth is shared between all customers in a sector. Rising peak speeds helps reduce the likelihood of congestion. To use a strained analogy rising car fuel economy keeps national gasoline demand flat even with more people driving than ever before.
  • ksec 3y ago
    Or Network capacity. But I am glad at least 5% of HN ( I mean look at the rest of comment on this post ) is finally catching up to understanding what 5G is all about.
  • numpad0 3y ago
    this: 1Gbps for 1 user == 1Mbps for ~1000 users