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Is 5G really good?
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this post was submitted on 26 Feb 2024
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mmWave 5G can have much worse signal strength than 5G running in the 700-2400MHz spectrum. Its range is much shorter and it gets disturbed by air particles like rain. With that said, I don't know if one could get only mmWave reception or whether mmWave can be used only in addition to 700-2400MHz for speed augmentation. 🤔
IME rain and humidity has little to no effect. I can get 900mbps in clear skies or in a torrential downpour as long as I’m not behind multiple walls. The single wall I have to contend with at work (not counting cube walls) barely affects reception. If I’m standing under the tower I can get 1gbps.
That's probably not going through mmWave signal but the sub-mmWave spectrum we've previously used for 4G. I've hit >400Mbps on good ol' LTE back in 2018 on AWS.
According to this, 5G should be able to do 1Tb on sub-mmWave.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5G?wprov=sfla1