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		CivBase on April 27, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Disappointment of 5G 5G is definitely a cool tech. What's not cool is how carriers trick people into thinking they're using "5G" (or even "6G") just because their phone's cellular data connection is operating on the 5G spectrum. What's also not cool is how carriers market their 5G services with claims of speeds that a normal user will never achieve. I've never seen a carrier market 5G as a solution for maintaining connections in congested areas, even though that realistically seems to be the big ticket item.

lordfrito on April 27, 2023 [–]

See my other comment here, this solves carrier problems not so much consumer problems.

Yeah it's a trick. Marketing being what it is, it's hard to sell it any other way, they have to fallback on "buy this new shiny thing".

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