Who needs 5G with 4G that's this fast?

[DWR_31]

Sprint GS9+ in Houston Tx.
Check out my Speedtest result! How fast is your internet? https://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/5117341211

 

[mgbosshogg]

Headline speed - had 290/45 on 4G.

More interested in average over my travel areas though.

 

[Rukbat]

It's not just the raw speed, but now, instead of 2 or 3 devices on 4G per household, we may end up (in the future - they plan for tomorrow, not for yesterday) with 5 or 10 devices per household. Imagine if each of your light fixtures was on 5G? Your appliances? Your garage door opener? Your front door? Maybe even your mailbox (is there any mail in it or not)? 5G is designed for much smaller cell areas, so it can handle the few hundred on your block, but not the tens of thousands in your town. 4G may be handling the whole town. Put 10,000 devices on that and your speed won't have G or M or even K after it - it'll be in bits per second.

 

[mgbosshogg]

It's not just the raw speed, but now, instead of 2 or 3 devices on 4G per household, we may end up (in the future - they plan for tomorrow, not for yesterday) with 5 or 10 devices per household. Imagine if each of your light fixtures was on 5G? Your appliances? Your garage door opener? Your front door? Maybe even your mailbox (is there any mail in it or not)? 5G is designed for much smaller cell areas, so it can handle the few hundred on your block, but not the tens of thousands in your town. 4G may be handling the whole town. Put 10,000 devices on that and your speed won't have G or M or even K after it - it'll be in bits per second.

Too true.

But it will be a looooooong time before individual cells make it to the village level.

Its being sold on headline speed to the masses.
I'm actually just as interested in it as an early adopter for the reason no one else has it. Low congestion sounds good.

 

[DWR_31]

I'm not touching 5G until I can get something with an X55 chip in it.