Re:iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro
by izacus on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @02:07PM
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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?
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Most non-americans probably? :)
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.
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.
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.)
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
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I get unlimited, unthrottled LTE + 5G for £24/month in the UK.
I get ~100mbps at home over LTE, which is the same as my cable connection.
Edit: In the US.