| Baalzamon said: I really don't get how they get away with calling that 5G. We had wireless 3-5 mb internet to my parents rural house (the closest town has like 250 people and only dial up was available before this) in like...2005-2006. This was about 2-3 miles from the tower the dude put up on his lot. This was comparable to 3G service available at the time. I'd expect anything labeled as 5G to get like 250+ mb |
| NobleTeam360 said: Am I missing something or is that speed pretty slow for 5G? I thought 5G was supposed to be like Gigabit speeds (or 100+ MB/s). I'd cancel my 5G service if that was the speed I was getting. |
Most of the time what I've seen is it's typically mentioned somewhere as "up to" whatever speed. Meaning the tech is capable of 5G, even if it's not true 5G now because it needs an upgrade to be true 5G, and the speed you could get could be up to their highest advertised speed, even if during the hours you really require it, it's half that.
They get away with it pretty easy, especially around places like here, because here you have little option. If you want a reasonable higher speed, you have to go with the single ISP that's able to offer you something better than you already have. Many of those area's have such poor quality service or such slow speeds, they'll basically take anything you throw at them for the most part.
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