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Re:Understanding operational 5G: a first measurement study by NoPicklez on Thursday October 08, 2020 @07:02PM (#24724879)
5G might make your situation worse.

My understanding being that for 5G to work well it needs more but smaller cells deployed around cities. I don't think 5G's strength is signal distance. Just given its higher frequency therefore it might make your situation worse.

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Re:Understanding operational 5G: a first measurement study by wdqwfdqwfqwf on Friday October 09, 2020 @05:33PM (#24734670)
It depends on the frequency, not (mainly) the protocol used.

If you deploy 5G on the 2G or 3G bands, you get roughly the same coverage. The 5G speeds in these bands are limited, because the bands are limited.

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