New Signal Icon

[swebb]

I'm on T-Mobile towers via Mint Mobile. I just noticed a new icon appearing in the signal area of the display. It now says 5Guc. Googling it says this is T-Mobiles' ultra capacity network, which is a combination of high and/or mid-band frequencies. This is nothing different than what I connected to before. Apparently they wanted to differentiate between this and their extended range 5G. There wasn't any measurable speed difference from before. So this is only cosmetic.

That said, I looked at their coverage map and the amount of coverage they now have for their mid and higher frequencies is impressive. Areas that were barely covered by low band signals a couple years ago now have wall to wall mid and high band coverage.

 

[B. Diddy]

I've been seeing the 5G UC icon for a while. It generally means significantly faster speeds, but that can still depend on the tower or how far away from it you are. Maybe over the course of the next few months as you're moving around the area, you might find speeds become a lot faster if you're closer to a tower?