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Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or is 5G strictly worse than LTE? by discordance on Sunday January 29, 2023 @08:15AM (#34567782)
Here in Australia 5G is awesome:

https://imgur.com/gallery/BFTTMRS

Measurement was taken a decent distance from the city in the suburbs.

Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or is 5G strictly worse than LTE? by yawnxyz on Sunday January 29, 2023 @08:19AM (#34567821)
Whoa what service are you using? I’m on Vodafone 300gb plan and it’s always one bar on 5g.

I rarely see speeds that fast too; downloading a game pass game is usually 1MB/s for me

Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or is 5G strictly worse than LTE? by PaulHoule on Sunday January 29, 2023 @09:28AM (#34568407)
This is a story I see a lot in the US. Two customers, even with the same carrier, seem to get very different coverage. I thought circa 2010 that I got the same coverage with a prepaid as a postpaid phone but starting around 2018 I would go to New York City and have trouble w/ my prepaid phone.

There seems to be some phone and plan that gets better coverage than another but it is by no means documented. Maybe it just ‘works better the more money you spend’ but without any explanation of what the rules are I am afraid of spending a lot and still getting bad coverage.

Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or is 5G strictly worse than LTE? by discordance on Sunday January 29, 2023 @03:26PM (#34572339)
Telstra post paid, 100gb/month for $70 AUD/month