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Re:You're making me buy a new phone by sidewndr46 on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @09:11AM (#35340463)
5G isn't an actual advancement however. For most of where I live, in a major US city the effective bandwidth is either 0 kbps or 0.1 kbps. Why would anyone choose a technology that doesn't have any actual function?

If I use LTE at least I have some coverage.

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Re:You're making me buy a new phone by vanilla_nut on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @10:05AM (#35341304)
Agreed, but as carriers phase out 3G and replace it with 5G your older phone will develop dead zones where it can't use the only service available: 5G.

Not enough of a problem for me to start using 5G yet. But eventually it'll force my hand.

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