What is 5g

@DocAndersen (54399)
United States
April 7, 2019 8:51am CST
Yesterday I posted the reality check. There are two companies in the world (South Korea's telco and Verizon in the US) that have actually deployed 5g services. Interesting, a couple of people asked me what is 5g? 5g, stands for 5th generation network services. Today most people have 3g or 4g, some have LTE, which 4g advanced or as the US company AT&T calls it 5gw. What it really is for you? It means that on your cell phone you will soon (once 5g arrives in your area) have the same network bandwidth on your cellular device that you have with your ISDN, ADSL, DSL, Cable Model or Fiber connection at home or at work. It means you can be watching a movie (no lag) while still receiving email and so on. It brings the power of the internet closer to you! Based on that, do you think 5g will be something you will want?
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
7 Apr 19
I've heard it has adverse health factors and that Brussels has banned it.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
7 Apr 19
It's because of the security reasons, not for the 5g technology, but for the company who is supposed to develop it in Europe.
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
7 Apr 19
That is actually not true today. While the spectrum used is lower level, it doesn't cause any adverse health issues.
Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
7 Apr 19
Mrki Krki
@mrki444 (15162)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
7 Apr 19
Yes it's something I want and after few years we will have even better tech.
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Mrki Krki
@mrki444 (15162)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
7 Apr 19
@DocAndersen Huawei to, I think. I know they are in war with US because of 5g
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
8 Apr 19
@mrki444 Huawei was in a war with the US over spyware, not 5g.
Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
7 Apr 19
Right now Samsung and Motorola have 5g capable handsets. Apple is 12-18 months from having one...
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Angie
@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
7 Apr 19
Okay for us old people and no tech sense say " its faster!" I read between the lines so I seen what you were saying.
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
8 Apr 19
It makes your Kindle a lot more usable. Amazon can simply store all of your books online, with 5g there is no lag when reading them!
Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (59367)
• Portugal
7 Apr 19
That is nice, I think we have companies that offers that service here too.
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
8 Apr 19
The EU is close, I think Orange is planning a first release in May
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Jojo
@Sojourn (13833)
• India
7 Apr 19
Telecom in India has improved a lot and now we enjoy 4g (though not everywhere) and maybe in near future we will taste the 5g too.
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
7 Apr 19
I would say you aren't that far behind Korea's Telco!
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