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[-] mellowheat@suppo.fi 53 points 2 years ago

Telecoms are improving connections in areas with more demand before upgrading all connections in areas with less demand, news at eleven.

[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 20 points 2 years ago

Cities inherently have better infrastructure due to their density. It's the entire point of cities, and it's why suburbs have such bad issues with potholes and power outages. It's just not financially viable to build out the latest infrastructure for sprawling suburbia.

[-] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Wait a second, are you trying to tell me that the Telecoms are doing the same thing they’ve done since 2.5G?

[-] aniki@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Since the advent of data transmission over cable, this has always been the case.

[-] Omgboom@lemmy.zip 50 points 2 years ago

They've done this with every new generation, I'm shocked that they aren't already advertising 6G

[-] DannyMac@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago

Oh, did you forget about the time LTE started rolling out and telcos decided to call HSPA+ (3.5G) 4G? One of these scumbags will start calling it 6G. Marketing teams are full of great ideas. /s

[-] zaphod@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago

Technically speaking the first LTE specification didn't meet 4G requirements either, so for a short while you could get two different fake 4Gs.

[-] fne8w2ah@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Over a decade ago and this crap still feels like yesterday.

[-] Morgoon@startrek.website 21 points 2 years ago

"Comcast is discontinuing its its “Xfinity 10G Network” branding to describe its internet service after a National Advertising Review Board (NARB) panel found that the term could mislead consumers into thinking that Comcast’s cellular and broadband services would offer much faster speeds than current-generation networks."

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/comcast-agrees-to-kill-10g-branding-after-advertising-watchdogs-said-it-was-misleading-185550194.html?guccounter=1

[-] frosty@pawb.social 14 points 2 years ago

AT&T is already calling it 6GE(volution). /s

[-] pdxfed@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

That's all well and good until someone invents 6 minute abs

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

Fuck everything, we're doing seven blades.

[-] zaphod@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

6G market entry is planned for around 2030 with first specifications being finished around 2027-28, there have always been around 10 years between generations.

[-] Toes@ani.social 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The illusion of progress is the next best thing

[-] Lexam@lemmy.ca 28 points 2 years ago

Well sure. They are always going to be upgrading their networks.

[-] cloudless@feddit.uk 25 points 2 years ago

Let's see 4G LTE releases over the years...

• Release 8 (2008): Introduced base LTE capabilities, including high peak data rates (up to 300 Mbps downlink, 75 Mbps uplink), improved spectral efficiency, flexible bandwidth options, and lower latency compared to 3G.

• Release 9 (2011): Enhanced aspects of Release 8, such as carrier aggregation (combining multiple frequency bands for increased bandwidth), improved handover (switching between cell towers), and support for multicast/broadcast services.

• Release 10 (2011): Introduced LTE Advanced, marking a significant step forward. It brought features like wider bandwidth support, further carrier aggregation enhancements, and MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) antenna technology for increased capacity and efficiency.

• Release 11 (2013): Continued improvements on LTE Advanced, focusing on enhanced interoperability with Wi-Fi, power saving features, and self-organizing network (SON) functionalities for network optimization.

• Release 12 (2014): Furthered LTE Advanced capabilities, including support for Voice over LTE (VoLTE) calls, machine-type communication (MTC) for low-power devices, and coordinated multi-point (CoMP) transmission for improved coverage and capacity.

[-] GluWu@lemm.ee 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

They just put up 5g transponders on the tower that serves me at the beginning of this year. It's worse than the 4g lte I was getting.

[-] geogle@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Welcome to the future!

[-] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago
[-] spongebue@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

"was" getting. Both can be true if LTE went downhill after the 5G deployment.

[-] turkishdelight@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago

that is how technology works...

[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah it would actually be kinda freaky if they finished rolling out an upgrade and just declared they were done.

[-] Matty_r@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

Well, that's it. Pack it up boys. Not more upgrades forever. We did it.

[-] BillDaCatt@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

5G means Fifth Generation, so I would think that 5.5G is simply an improved version.

[-] Hule@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I've heard that they are constantly improving the standard, 5G was a "snapshot" that they agreed upon.

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 2 years ago

Not precisely.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago

Anyone else notice that after 5G came out, 4G seems to have slowed to 3G or less? It will sometimes take almost two minutes for a page to load, if at all with 4G status.

[-] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone -2 points 2 years ago

Yep.

And 5G is no better.

It all just sucks now. All of it. All the time.

3G was often better and more reliable when it was king than modern tech.

[-] anivia@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

3G was often better and more reliable when it was king than modern tech

Yeah, cause at that time there were very few people using it for anything bandwidth intensive. 3g is absolutely terrible at serving lots of bandwidth to a big crowd, even it can deliver acceptable speeds to a few people in more rural areas

[-] riodoro1@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Fuck the environment, we need more G’s

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Of course they are talking about it. The moment they finish defining (not deploying) one format, they talk about the next one. Did you expect 5G be the last format ever?

[-] FlangeSniffer@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago
[-] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago

My foreign friends say this is an American problem and they have been past 5G for quite some time, even up to 8G speeds.

[-] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

Yeah. Currently at 7G planning to move up to 8G once I get my Neuralink implant.

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