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.

  • @sviper@programming.devEnglish
    16•7 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
      11•7 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•7 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•7 months ago

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

      • AdaEnglish
        7•7 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 BoyEnglish
          2•7 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.