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Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or is 5G strictly worse than LTE? by BenjiWiebe on Sunday January 29, 2023 @05:14PM (#34573349)
At mmWave 5G frequencies. 5G also runs on 4G frequencies with the same propagation as 4G.
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Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or is 5G strictly worse than LTE? by ip26 on Sunday January 29, 2023 @11:07PM (#34575674)
In something of a paradoxical curse, operating on 4G frequencies mean you share spectrum with a much larger land area, limiting possible bandwidth. You aren’t going to serve 1gbps of home internet to every house in reach.
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