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5G can be extremely fast. I get 600 MBit over cellular at home. …and we only pay for 500 MBit for my home fiber. (Granted, also 500 Mbit upload.) (T-Mobile, S

5G can be extremely fast. I get 600 MBit over cellular at home. …and we only pay for 500 MBit for my home fiber. (Granted, also 500 Mbit upload.) (T-Mobile, Southern California)

throitallaway 2y ago
Sure but I'll take the latency, jitter, and reliability of that fiber over cellular any day.
- vel0city 2y ago
  The reliability is definitely a bigger question, jitter a bit more questionable, but as far as latency goes 5G fixed wireless can be just fine. YMMV, but on a lot of spots around my town it's pretty comparable latency/jitter-wise as my home fiber connection to similar hosts. And connecting home is often <5ms throughout the city.
  - throitallaway 2y ago
    I was considering my cell phone and hotspot experiences (not 5G fixed wireless.) I suppose that has some amount of prioritization happening in order to provide a "stable" experience. My experiences with LTE/5G/5GUW have varied wildly based on location and time.
    - vel0city 2y ago
      Fixed wireless sometimes operates on dedicated channels and priorities. My experiences on portable devices have also seen some mixture of performance, but I'm also on a super cheap MVNO plan. Friends on more premium plans often get far more consistent experiences.
reaperducer 2y ago
5G can be extremely fast. I get 600 MBit over cellular at home. Is your T-Mobile underprovisioned? Where I am, T-Mobile 5G is 400Mbps at 2am, but slows to 5-10Mbps on weekdays at lunchtime and during rush hours, and on weekends when the bars are full. Not to mention that the T-Mobile Home Internet router either locks up, or reboots itself at least twice a day. I put up with the inconvenience because it's either $55 to T-Mobile, $100 to Verizon for even less 5G bandwidth, or $140 the local cable company.
- harrall 2y ago
  Probably. My area used to be a T-Mobile dead zone 5 years ago. I also have Verizon. Choice of service varies based on location heavily from my experience. I’m a long time big time camper and I’ve driven through most corners of most Western states: - 1/3 will have NO cellular service - 1/3 will have ONLY Verizon. If T-Mobile comes up, it’s unusable - 1/3 remaining will have both T-Mobile and Verizon My Verizon is speed capped so I can’t compare that. T-Mobile works better in more urban areas for me, but it’s unpredictable. In a medium sized costal town in Oregon, Verizon might be better but I will then get half gigabit T-Mobile in a different coastal town in California. One thing I have learned is that those coverage maps are quite accurate.

5G can be extremely fast. I get 600 MBit over cellular at home. …and we only pay for 500 MBit for my home fiber. (Granted, also 500 Mbit upload.) (T-Mobile, Southern California)

throitallaway 2y ago

Sure but I'll take the latency, jitter, and reliability of that fiber over cellular any day.

vel0city 2y ago
The reliability is definitely a bigger question, jitter a bit more questionable, but as far as latency goes 5G fixed wireless can be just fine. YMMV, but on a lot of spots around my town it's pretty comparable latency/jitter-wise as my home fiber connection to similar hosts. And connecting home is often <5ms throughout the city.
- throitallaway 2y ago
  I was considering my cell phone and hotspot experiences (not 5G fixed wireless.) I suppose that has some amount of prioritization happening in order to provide a "stable" experience. My experiences with LTE/5G/5GUW have varied wildly based on location and time.
  - vel0city 2y ago
    Fixed wireless sometimes operates on dedicated channels and priorities. My experiences on portable devices have also seen some mixture of performance, but I'm also on a super cheap MVNO plan. Friends on more premium plans often get far more consistent experiences.

reaperducer 2y ago

5G can be extremely fast. I get 600 MBit over cellular at home. Is your T-Mobile underprovisioned? Where I am, T-Mobile 5G is 400Mbps at 2am, but slows to 5-10Mbps on weekdays at lunchtime and during rush hours, and on weekends when the bars are full. Not to mention that the T-Mobile Home Internet router either locks up, or reboots itself at least twice a day. I put up with the inconvenience because it's either $55 to T-Mobile, $100 to Verizon for even less 5G bandwidth, or $140 the local cable company.

harrall 2y ago
Probably. My area used to be a T-Mobile dead zone 5 years ago. I also have Verizon. Choice of service varies based on location heavily from my experience. I’m a long time big time camper and I’ve driven through most corners of most Western states: - 1/3 will have NO cellular service - 1/3 will have ONLY Verizon. If T-Mobile comes up, it’s unusable - 1/3 remaining will have both T-Mobile and Verizon My Verizon is speed capped so I can’t compare that. T-Mobile works better in more urban areas for me, but it’s unpredictable. In a medium sized costal town in Oregon, Verizon might be better but I will then get half gigabit T-Mobile in a different coastal town in California. One thing I have learned is that those coverage maps are quite accurate.