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Here in the UK I rarely get less than 1000 Mbit speeds whenever I use 5G. I'm pretty happy with that. I suspect other countries phone networks must be capaci

Here in the UK I rarely get less than 1000 Mbit speeds whenever I use 5G. I'm pretty happy with that. I suspect other countries phone networks must be capacity constrained in other places.

gumballindie 3y ago
In the UK and barely get 5g connectivity and when i do even on max bars i barely get 10-20 Mbit. Probably better in central London but for the rest of the country it’s appalling.
- londons_explore 3y ago
  West London on 5G from my phone and I just got 2.5Gbit and 25 ms latency. And I only pay £5/month (~$6/month).
  - gumballindie 3y ago
    That’s neat. In my area and usually outside London connectivity is much, much, worse. Also depends on parts of London. When I lived in Finchley for instance, I barely had signal on multiple providers, let alone gigabit connectivity. Out of curiosity, what’s your provider? If it does work where I am then I’m getting one for each device.
    - londons_explore 3y ago
      Three. They do a 14 day trial of a 5G router for 'home broadband'. I suggest grabbing the trial and testing with their router because it has some crazy antennas in that seems to get better performance than phones can with the same sim and location. Remember to send it back if you don't want it cos otherwise you're locked in to paying for the whole contract.
      - gumballindie 3y ago
        Yeah, I use Three, and despite their claim to have good coverage indoor and outdoor in my area, it sucks on mobile. I might try the router, thanks for the tip. Despite having an optic cable to my house, my landline provider cant supply gigabit connectivity. If I had fast 5g i’d use it for downloads and streaming, and the landline for use cases where latency is important.
  - nsteel 3y ago
    Also in West London but no 5G available for me here in borough of Ealing on Vodafone. 10 mins up the road towards London and it works. I think that says it all.
KineticLensman 3y ago
In UK just 10 miles from Bournemouth (not a small town), on the edge of the New Forest. No 5G, and 4G is patchy for voice calls and unusable for data. It sucks.

Here in the UK I rarely get less than 1000 Mbit speeds whenever I use 5G. I'm pretty happy with that. I suspect other countries phone networks must be capacity constrained in other places.

gumballindie 3y ago

In the UK and barely get 5g connectivity and when i do even on max bars i barely get 10-20 Mbit. Probably better in central London but for the rest of the country it’s appalling.

londons_explore 3y ago
West London on 5G from my phone and I just got 2.5Gbit and 25 ms latency. And I only pay £5/month (~$6/month).
- gumballindie 3y ago
  That’s neat. In my area and usually outside London connectivity is much, much, worse. Also depends on parts of London. When I lived in Finchley for instance, I barely had signal on multiple providers, let alone gigabit connectivity. Out of curiosity, what’s your provider? If it does work where I am then I’m getting one for each device.
  - londons_explore 3y ago
    Three. They do a 14 day trial of a 5G router for 'home broadband'. I suggest grabbing the trial and testing with their router because it has some crazy antennas in that seems to get better performance than phones can with the same sim and location. Remember to send it back if you don't want it cos otherwise you're locked in to paying for the whole contract.
    - gumballindie 3y ago
      Yeah, I use Three, and despite their claim to have good coverage indoor and outdoor in my area, it sucks on mobile. I might try the router, thanks for the tip. Despite having an optic cable to my house, my landline provider cant supply gigabit connectivity. If I had fast 5g i’d use it for downloads and streaming, and the landline for use cases where latency is important.
- nsteel 3y ago
  Also in West London but no 5G available for me here in borough of Ealing on Vodafone. 10 mins up the road towards London and it works. I think that says it all.

KineticLensman 3y ago

In UK just 10 miles from Bournemouth (not a small town), on the edge of the New Forest. No 5G, and 4G is patchy for voice calls and unusable for data. It sucks.