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> for those with good 4G connectivity, 5G makes much less of an improvement on the mobile experience than advertisers like to claim Complete BS. This misses th
by tomxor 2y ago
> for those with good 4G connectivity, 5G makes much less of an improvement on the mobile experience than advertisers like to claim
Complete BS. This misses the critical and common issue of user contention with 4G, which is the main relief 5G brings.
If all you do is compare peak throughput on paper you will miss the real world performance issues. In reality you will never see "good" 4G speeds, there just isn't enough bandwidth to go around in practice due to the lower frequency bands it operates in.
I've got both a 4G and 5G LTE router, both are Cat20 which means in theory can operate at up to 2 Gbit/s. Yet in practice, with any of the carriers in the UK the 4G modem will scape 40 Mbit/s at best in the wee hours, and drop as low as 3 Mbit/s at peak time. The 5G one will give me 600 Mbits all day long... because there is enough bandwidth to go around for all users, this is the key difference.