AT&T's 5G network goes live on the 21st of December but only to select 12 cities

[Dabombinable]

10 minutes ago, SlimyPython said:

 

Let me guess. That Aussie speed test was on Telstra's network.

[SlimyPython]

10 minutes ago, Dabombinable said:

Let me guess. That Aussie speed test was on Telstra's network.

From what I can see, They do it from the tests for each carrier, then average it out

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1 hour ago, SlimyPython said:

From what I can see, They do it from the tests for each carrier, then average it out

Yep, I'm sort of surprised our average is getting up that high since there's still a lot of people on ADSL2+ stuck out in the middle of nowhere.

 

This is our standard speed for typical UFB plans here though.

 

So if you can get it the difference in extremes is rather large, you're either stuck on 3-12 Mbps or 900+ Mbps. There are some cheaper capped 100Mbps plans though but hardly anyone bothers with those when for $10 more per month you get 1Gbps and unlimited.

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12 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

The early adopters tax at it's finest. 

I guess that’s how AT&T will do ROI on rolling out a 5G network 

14 hours ago, Kochiha Ichihara said:

Depending on which 5G architecture ends up getting used, I hear there's a couple in concurrent development.

It’s still unacceptable that the frequency they’re using (39 GHz) has so much bandwidth to spare and yet cap the data to a measly 15GB and charge $70/month. 

[williamcll]

any benchmarks?

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24 minutes ago, williamcll said:

any benchmarks?

https://venturebeat.com/2018/12/20/atts-silence-on-5g-speeds-screams-stay-away-for-now/ 

 

https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/samsung-5g-smartphone-impressions/ 

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So no Huawey mobile hotspot? 

[williamcll]

18 minutes ago, captain_to_fire said:

https://venturebeat.com/2018/12/20/atts-silence-on-5g-speeds-screams-stay-away-for-now/ 

 

https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/samsung-5g-smartphone-impressions/ 

152Mbps and 431Mbps, that is not impressive at all.

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18 minutes ago, williamcll said:

152Mbps and 431Mbps, that is not impressive at all.

It looks like AT&T rebranded their existing LTE network as 5GE and the legit 5G

is not achieving promised speeds. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/12/att-5g-goes-live-this-week-with-ridiculously-overpowered-hotspot/ 

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As for the network, AT&T is annoyingly muddying the waters with its 5G branding. It's going to start calling its existing 4G LTE network "5G E" where the "E" stands for "evolution." Its real 5G network, the mmWave one, will be called "5G+," referencing the higher frequency of a mmWave network.

This is not the first time they did this. Years ago, they labeled their 3G network HSPA+ as 4G though they’re not the only ones doing it. https://www.cnet.com/news/is-the-at-t-iphone-4s-a-4g-phone-or-not/

 

 

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18 minutes ago, captain_to_fire said:

It looks like AT&T rebranded their existing LTE network as 5GE and the legit 5G

is not achieving promised speeds. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/12/att-5g-goes-live-this-week-with-ridiculously-overpowered-hotspot/ 

This is not the first time they did this. Years ago, they labeled their 3G network HSPA+ as 4G though they’re not the only ones doing it. https://www.cnet.com/news/is-the-at-t-iphone-4s-a-4g-phone-or-not/

 

 

Why am I not surprised? From what I can gather AT&T's deployment of 5G technology is purely to be the 'first at 5G' so people will think "hey, AT&T has the first 5G network, therefore it should be the best 5G network, right?".

 

My current network (Vodafone) are planning to deploy 5G in some parts of the UK but again, I doubt it is truly what 5G can achieve since they seem to be deploying it as soon as they can. I feel sorry for anyone in the future who has to use their '5G' network as from my experience, even their 4G is a terrible excuse of a network if you're outside of a big city (e.g. London, Manchester, Glasgow). I used to get ~115Mbps down on 4G+, now I can barely achieve 40Mbps down in the same spot with the same amount of signal with 4G+.

 

Besides, it's 2018. Still early stages. My previous network didn't even deploy 4G until late 2013/early 2014 so this whole 5G thing seems like it's ahead of it's time for the moment. It's a good idea but it's still too soon. 

[Ithanul]

Can't wait for these folks complain when their speed tanks or connection degrads to 4G speeds because of the weather or when they travel out of the range.

 

The range at best does only 2 meters indoor and 300 meters (for the rest that uses miles: 0.186411 mile) outside.  

 

ArsTechnica actually did an article a bit about 5G: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/12/dont-buy-a-5g-smartphone-at-least-not-for-a-while/

[Franck]

22 hours ago, suicidalfranco said:

>70$

>15GB

>500$ hotspot

Excuse me but: what the F?

still nearly half the price of what we pay in canada.