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My sister in law insists that 5Ghz wifi is the same thing as a 5G cell network. Comcast shouldn't use misleading terminology. The fact that people don't know
by recursive 3y ago
My sister in law insists that 5Ghz wifi is the same thing as a 5G cell network. Comcast shouldn't use misleading terminology. The fact that people don't know what 5g means isn't really a defense. I couldn't tell you the difference between 4g and 5g, but adding "10g" alongside them makes it worse, not better.
- ryandrake 3y agoThis is what happens when we allow Marketing to simply conjure up a unit of measurement. Now nobody knows what a "G" is and how to compare one company's "G" with another company's "G". I fully expect AT&T to offer 20G cell service next because why the hell not? Same thing happened with CDROM speeds back in the day. At one point 1X, 2X, 3X and so on were based on an actual throughput number, but then soon the Marketing brain trust realized you could put whatever number you want before the "X" and then the number became pretty meaningless. Same for "bars" on your cell phone service signal. What is the difference between "one bar" and "two bars" on the display? Who the hell knows, it's a meaningless unit invented by carrier company Marketing.