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Can 5G replace everybody’s home broadband?
When it comes to the possibility of home broadband competition, we want to believe. And in the case of 5G mobile broadband, wireless carriers want us to believe, too. But whether or not technological and commercial realities will reward that faith remains unclear.
Google Fiber ends $50, 100Mbps plan, but 1Gbps is still $70 with no data cap (Ars Technica)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 12/05/2019 - 15:16AT&T says TV losses have peaked after latest loss of 1.3 million customers (Ars Technica)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 12/04/2019 - 13:215G won’t change everything, or at least probably not your things
The long-touted fifth generation (5G) of wireless communications is not magic. We’re sorry if unending hype over the world-changing possibilities of 5G has led you to expect otherwise.
T-Mobile touts “nationwide 5G” that fails to cover 130 million Americans
T-Mobile announced that it has launched "America's first nationwide 5G network," but T-Mobile's definition of "nationwide" doesn't include about 40% of the US population. "America gets its first nationwide 5G network today, covering more than 200 million people and more than 1 million square miles," T-Mobile's announcement said. The US Census Bureau estimates the population to be more than 330 million people.