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[TemplaerDude]

This world, collectively, needs to do something about these telecom companies, it's getting ridiculous. Canada has 3 who are all in cahoots with each other, the US has been Comcasted to fucking hell and now this bullshit. People need to be fucking tossed in prison for the way these companies operate and hold back progress. Fucking disgusting that we continue to let this happen.

 

[K' Dash]

question:

What are the advantages of having the same speed over a new tech?

If I have 4Mb, isn't it the same 4Mb over 3G, 4G, 5G? are there any advantages?

 

[Kthulhu]

This world, collectively, needs to do something about these telecom companies, it's getting ridiculous. Canada has 3 who are all in cahoots with each other, the US has been Comcasted to fucking hell and now this bullshit. People need to be fucking tossed in prison for the way these companies operate and hold back progress. Fucking disgusting that we continue to let this happen.

All we can do is wait for Google to save us all.

question:

What are the advantages of having the same speed over a new tech?

If I have 4Mb, isn't it the same 4Mb over 3G, 4G, 5G? are there any advantages?

Speed, that's about it.

 

[Enco]

Lmao at 5G

4G still isn't everywhere and it's not like many can max it out. Fuk off

 

[shadowsdarknes]

God telecoms are so scummy.

 

[Fallout-NL]

4G is fast enough. Better coverage and no freaking data limit is what we need.
What the hell am I gonna do with so much bandwidth if my limit is reached within a couple of minutes of watching videos?

Plus we need net neutrality. I'd rather go back to not having internet on my phone than lose that.

Fuck these assholes. Let m shove 5g up their ugly asses.

 

[nature boy]

5G will be deployed either way, so I don't see why the EU should cave.

 

[CheDominik]

All we can do is wait for Google to save us all.



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I hope you're not serious...

A Google monopoly.That's some dystopian future.

 

[K' Dash]

All we can do is wait for Google to save us all.



Speed, that's about it.

I suspected as much, I have an unlimited 4Mb plan, that's the fastest mobile internet available, but they charge more if you choose 4G over 3G, that's a fucking crime.

 

[PotionBleue]

question:

What are the advantages of having the same speed over a new tech?

If I have 4Mb, isn't it the same 4Mb over 3G, 4G, 5G? are there any advantages?

Latency for example. Playing video games online with 4G is much closer to a wired connection than 3G.

 

[-griffy-]

The "5G Manifesto" sounds like what you find in a serial killer's lair after he is caught.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

No thanks.

 

[Kthulhu]

I hope you're not serious...

A Google monopoly.That's some dystopian future.

Look up Google Fiber and Project Fi. Then tell me Google controlling the internet would be worse than what we have now.

I suspected as much, I have an unlimited 4Mb plan, that's the fastest mobile internet available, but they charge more if you choose 4G over 3G, that's a fucking crime.

The best part about that is that 4G is cheaper to implement than 3G and they charge you more because your ignorant.

 

[LUFTRAUSER]

OR

How 'bout the EU tells the telecos to get fucked and makes 5G a legal requirement?

 

[Slackbladder]

lol nice try. The EU could just force 5G and keep net neutrality.

Yep, but not in the UK. Maybe 5G and a weakened net neutrality environment is coming? If May stays as Prime Minister that's almost a certainty.

 

[Easy_D]

Look up Google Fiber and Project Fi. Then tell me Google controlling the internet would be worse than what we have now.

Maybe from a US perspective, sure, but there's a whole world out there with many countries that actually have nice internet prices and no caps.

 

[Enkidu]

While I understand the general sentiment in here that 5G feels a bit premature, the main reason for it isn't really greater download speeds. Sure, they will try to wow people with claims of 10 gbps downlink speeds, but the main reason for 5G is to get low latency communication and to support massive networks of low-powered devices (the Internet of Things). Most likely we will also be moving towards much smaller base-stations closer to the end users (in order to make use of far higher frequency spectra where there is still a lot of bandwidth available), and at that point we might see 5G trying to muscle into WiFi's territory (and expect to see some sort of answer to Bluetooth as well).

 

[Kthulhu]

Maybe from a US perspective, sure, but there's a whole world out there with many countries that actually have nice internet prices and no caps.

We can't all be south Korea.

 

[devilhawk]

Nice blackmail from the little cartel they have going on. Effectively refusing to advance technology unless their bribes work.

 

[Caayn]

This is pretty shitty. The telcos admit that they can do it before 2020 but only if they're allowed to blackmail. I hope that the EU steps up and kicks them back down.

All we can do is wait for Google to save us all.

I'd rather drop internet all together than use Google as my only source of internet.

We can't all be south Korea.

Sorry that you need to live in a country with fucked up ISPs. But here in Europe, where I live in the Netherlands, there's no Google in sight and yet we can get 1Gbit/1Gbit connections without your silly caps. I myself have a 500Mb/500Mb fibre connection with no cap. It's not that Google is doing gods work it's that your ISPs are lazy.

 

[Engell]

Im feeling fine at the moment on 4G. I can't really get a subscription today without getting more data then i would ever use on my phone..

Sure at some point we need to go faster, but why not let them big companies compete, there is absolutely no point in playing along with their game.

 

[Kthulhu]

This is pretty shitty. The telcos admit that they can do it before 2020 but only if they're allowed to blackmail. I hope that the EU steps up and kicks them back down.
I'd rather drop internet all together than use Google as my only source of internet.
Sorry that you need to live in a country with fucked up ISPs. But here in Europe, where I live in the Netherlands, there's no Google in sight and yet we can get 1Gbit/1Gbit connections without your silly caps. I myself have a 500Mb/500Mb fibre connection with no cap. It's not that Google is doing gods work it's that your ISPs are lazy.

Most people dont have data caps on their home internet. Only cellular data is capped .