Re:5G is a joke and the iPhone is the well-timed punchline
by grafs50 on Thursday April 21, 2022 @07:03PM
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How does this work with data caps? I had to use a 4G hotspot for work for about a week and had already reached the point where I was getting throttled. Won't applications of 5G just hit this point more quickly?
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Re:5G is a joke and the iPhone is the well-timed punchline
by pdimitar on Thursday April 21, 2022 @07:08PM
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Or, let's blow the carriers' minds here, they can lift the data caps and just charge you little extra for a fixed subscription, as a good chunk of Europe's carriers already do.
An executive of the carrier I use even said in an interview that it's much easier that way for them, and they are not worried that people will stream 4K video 24/7. Few years down, turns out he was right to be not worried. I can stream a 1080p Twitch gaming video just fine -- and that's in a local mall with a very polluted radio spectrum.