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Re:iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro by izacus on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @02:07PM (#24768081)
The theory here is nice, but who here on HN does actually get good unthrottled speeds on 4G now? Will carriers just magically stop throttling 5G after they sell it?
Re:iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro by pi-rat on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @02:34PM (#24768562)
Most non-americans probably? :)
Re:iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro by jeroen on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @02:43PM (#24768678)
A few days ago I downloaded a 4.8GB MacOS update over a 4G connection. That took 25 minutes, which is an average of 3.2 MB/s. My provider claims 30 Mbit/s, so that is pretty reasonable.
Re:iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro by llampx on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @02:49PM (#24768776)
That's great and all, but that would leave me with 0.2 GB of data for the rest of the month (Germany). Great now I just have to disable downloading of pictures and videos in Whatsapp.
Re:iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro by zfnmxt on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @05:53PM (#24770753)
I had unlimited data from O2 in Germany earlier this year. It was something like 55 euros/month without a contract.

In Denmark, I get unlimited data for 18 euros/month. I don't have a wired connection; I just use my phone as a hotspot.

(Both were really 1TB/month before throttling and not truly unlimited.)

Re:iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro by izacus on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @06:45AM (#24775156)
Top speed of LTE is about 300Mbps. Meaning you got about 10% of maximum bandwidth availble on LTE.

Which kinda tells how 5G is also a marketing gimmick - it's theory of 2Gbps will be hugely different from actual reality you'll get when using it.

Re:iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro by leadingthenet on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @06:05PM (#24770864)
I get unlimited, unthrottled LTE + 5G for £24/month in the UK.
Re:iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro by bydo on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @03:59PM (#24769670)
I get ~100mbps at home over LTE, which is the same as my cable connection.

Edit: In the US.

Re:iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro by izacus on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @06:44AM (#24775149)
Which means you're still getting about 1/3 of LTE's maximum bandwidth of 300mbps.