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Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or is 5G strictly worse than LTE? by wincy on Sunday January 29, 2023 @06:05AM (#34566993)
I just benchmarked from my suburban second floor bedroom in the US, and got mmWave (it says 5G UC which is apparently mmWave) and got 500mbit/sec

So I guess some people have it, and use it? It’s basically always on around my neighborhood, but I guess I live in a nice city and Sprint’s old HQ is down the street so that probably has a lot to do with it.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or is 5G strictly worse than LTE? by etchasketch on Sunday January 29, 2023 @08:22AM (#34567846)
That is is T-Mobile “Ultra Capacity”, which is more like.y the midband spectrum they got from sprint.

You basically need line of sight for mmWave. Think of it like light. If you can’t see an access point, then you probably aren’t using mmWave.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or is 5G strictly worse than LTE? by mnw21cam on Sunday January 29, 2023 @09:03AM (#34568174)
Half a bit per second?
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