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[–] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Call me a pessimist but 5g is already stupid. I'm using a device that can already reach 4g lte speeds of 500 mbps using mobile data, and empty my entire data plan in less than 15 min if I were downloading a file at those speeds. Why do need speeds faster that gigabit on a device whose data plan won't allow anyone to benefit from this faster technology? I get that this might give each tower higher bandwidth and thus allow for higher bandwidth and bigger data caps, but I've had 5g for half a decade now and it seems like nothing has changed.

[–] Espiritdescali 4 points 1 year ago

640k should be enough for anyone too

[–] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Right.. But I'd like to atleast have a decent 4G coverage before we're switching to 6G