The race to 5G is over — now it’s time to pay the bill
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The flashiest use cases are still a fantasy.

The race to 5G is over — now it’s time to pay the bill | Networks spent years telling us that 5G would change everything. But the flashiest use cases are nowhere to be found — and the race to deplo…::AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile’s race to deploy 5G has failed to realize its flashiest outcomes while saddling carriers with debt and removing a competitor from the market.

  • stealth_cookies@lemmy.caEnglish
    19·
    11 months ago

    I still don’t have 5G service because the cellular companies in Canada seem to think it is worth an extra $15/mo when even LTE is faster than I need on my phone.

    • sviper@programming.devEnglish
      16·
      11 months ago

      LOL, I pay 20 $ equivalent in India for a year with 500gb + cellular data on 4G and unlimited calls and SMS .

      Internet prices are fucked up in west.

      • Anon819450514@lemmy.caEnglish
        10·
        11 months ago

        India is 1.4 billion people. Canada has 33 millions spreaded in a much most vast area than India.

        • Sanyanov@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          11 months ago

          Russia has very low population density, too, yet I pay 10$/mo for unmetered 4G Internet and calls, and that’s after dramatic price spikes that raised prices from 6$/mo a year and a half prior.

        • Powerpoint@lemmy.caEnglish
          10·
          11 months ago

          You know that statistic is bullshit just looking at profit reports from Canada’s telcos right?

        • AdaAEnglish
          7·
          11 months ago

          It’s not that.

          Australia has a similar population density and land size to Canada, yet our speeds are faster and our costs lower than Canada.

          • Ahri Boy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            2·
            11 months ago

            Meanwhile, 5G is fully restricted to key cities in my country. Who needs 5G when we need more towers and improved 4G quality.

    • chitak166@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      What carrier do you use? Visible doesn’t charge extra for 5G, and it’s probably cheaper than your current plan.

      • stealth_cookies@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        You missed that I’m in Canada. The Canadian cellphone space is bullshit owned by 3 main companies and one other that has inconsistent coverage. I’m with Virgin Mobile at the moment which is a cheaper flanker brand of Bell. The only ones that have offered a $34/mo plan with 5G is a company called Public Mobile (owned by Telus) that doesn’t support any international roaming (which is a nonstarter given how many websites insist on horrible SMS 2FA), and Freedom Mobile which has limited coverage even in major cities.