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(DIR) Post #9sDCjeh6DiA9B790CG by djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology
2020-02-20T00:19:13Z
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Do you anticipate upgrading to a 5G-capable mobile device in the next two years?
(DIR) Post #9sDCjf4qnPA4MmFyDY by clarjon1@connected.cat6.network
2020-02-20T00:19:53.957647Z
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@djsundog Proper 5G, or the fake 5g that's being used for advertising purposes?
(DIR) Post #9sDD17YMAzfXbcNoQa by galacticstone@mastodon.social
2020-02-20T00:20:24Z
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@djsundog - I am of the unpopular opinion that nobody *needs* 5G, especially at the cost of reduced accuracy in our weather forecasts due to interference with our satellites' broadcast frequencies.
(DIR) Post #9sDD1gnp7Tpyvit9tY by djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology
2020-02-20T00:20:33Z
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@clarjon1 ah, but that's the secret hidden question - is there a 5g that isn't being used for advertising purposes? :blobthinkingglare:
(DIR) Post #9sDD2slE93jKJ6F87c by azure@pleroma.site
2020-02-20T00:22:11.681968Z
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@djsundog The only circumstance I can think of where I would is if my current device breaks and all the mid-range Android devices with up-to-date software also happen to be 5G.
(DIR) Post #9sDEnDfop9WmRSN9kG by jankoekepan@mastodon.social
2020-02-20T00:26:43Z
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@djsundog What nobody has been able to answer yet: why buy a tool to do something exciting and new when installations of the previous iteration haven't even ever lived up to their promise? What would I be paying for? A delusion?I'm sure it'll be great for people living in Manhattan, in central Chicago, in San Francisco. For those of us out in the countryside? Wake me when 2G becomes widely available.
(DIR) Post #9sEfFPlOG9v00q2l2P by carcinopithecus@x0r.be
2020-02-20T00:33:13Z
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@clarjon1 @djsundog the more i read about real 5g the more i dislike it, so if i'm forced to upgrade i hope it's to the fake one
(DIR) Post #9sFfGP0WkXbB7FYRou by OpenComputeDesign@linuxrocks.online
2020-02-21T04:48:58Z
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@galacticstone @djsundog I agree. Plus the coverage will probably always be terrible. based on the frequencies used, and the safe limits on radio broadcast strength, 5G will probably have worse range than 5ghz WIFI.And we are talking about cellular, which is supposed to have coverage every where. And I still find myself often stuck with 3G or less. I just can't imagine 5G becoming ubiquitous.
(DIR) Post #9sHKW7QCByjMUC8LC4 by sangv@vocalounge.cafe
2020-02-20T00:23:04Z
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@galacticstone @djsundog i completely agree and i was going to respond to the original post with something like this
(DIR) Post #9sHKW7xsAlfYAdtEga by galacticstone@mastodon.social
2020-02-20T00:24:06Z
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@sangv @djsundog - I mean sure, crazy-fast internet sounds enticing. But, the more I find out about 5G, the less I like the idea of it.
(DIR) Post #9sHKWAmHiJBMtZUWXY by djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology
2020-02-20T00:25:37Z
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@galacticstone @sangv unless these 5G towers get massively improved backhaul to deliver these multi-gigabit speeds to multiple devices at a time, it really doesn't seem like those crazy-fast speeds are going to actually happen anyway, close as I can figure anyways.
(DIR) Post #9sHKWUIt7JYFSBtKUq by galacticstone@mastodon.social
2020-02-20T00:29:09Z
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@djsundog @sangv - Agreed. People seem to think that bandwidth is an infinite resource. No matter how big the pipeline is (so to speak), there is only so much throughput capacity with our current infrastructure. People will still experience throttling if they consume too much bandwidth, regardless of what the service provider promises.
(DIR) Post #9sHKX1SbqBw4Hth3jM by forAll52@deadinsi.de
2020-02-21T03:10:11Z
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@galacticstone @djsundog @sangv a better way to deal with bandwidth issues is to destroy the advertising industry