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Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or is 5G strictly worse than LTE? by Dylan16807 on Sunday January 29, 2023 @11:17AM (#34569462)
> 5G SA is nothing but a souped up WiFi signal,

Let's not conflate too many things. Maybe current deployments are in that frequency band, but "5G SA" just means the connection is legitimately 5G.

In theory all 4G frequencies will get converted to 5G, and it will be a moderate improvement. Separately 5G is expanding into the wifi arena and the ultra fast near-line-of-sight arena. But "SA" is not how you tell the difference. It will all be SA eventually.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or is 5G strictly worse than LTE? by InvaderFizz on Sunday January 29, 2023 @11:24AM (#34569566)
> Separately 5G is expanding into the wifi arena

On LTE this is called LAA. As far as I can tell, the term is being kept for 5G as well.

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