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The race to 5G is over — now it’s time to pay the bill | Networks spent years telling us that 5G would change everything. But the flashiest use cases are nowhere to be found — and the race to deplo... (www.theverge.com)
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The race to 5G is over — now it’s time to pay the bill | Networks spent years telling us that 5G would change everything. But the flashiest use cases are nowhere to be found — and the race to deplo...::AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile’s race to deploy 5G has failed to realize its flashiest outcomes while saddling carriers with debt and removing a competitor from the market.

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[–] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I still don't have 5G service because the cellular companies in Canada seem to think it is worth an extra $15/mo when even LTE is faster than I need on my phone.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    LOL, I pay 20 $ equivalent in India for a year with 500gb + cellular data on 4G and unlimited calls and SMS .

    Internet prices are fucked up in west.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    India is 1.4 billion people. Canada has 33 millions spreaded in a much most vast area than India.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    Russia has very low population density, too, yet I pay 10$/mo for unmetered 4G Internet and calls, and that's after dramatic price spikes that raised prices from 6$/mo a year and a half prior.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What carrier do you use? Visible doesn't charge extra for 5G, and it's probably cheaper than your current plan.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    You missed that I'm in Canada. The Canadian cellphone space is bullshit owned by 3 main companies and one other that has inconsistent coverage. I'm with Virgin Mobile at the moment which is a cheaper flanker brand of Bell. The only ones that have offered a $34/mo plan with 5G is a company called Public Mobile (owned by Telus) that doesn't support any international roaming (which is a nonstarter given how many websites insist on horrible SMS 2FA), and Freedom Mobile which has limited coverage even in major cities.

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