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Is 5G really good? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by Darth_Vader__@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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I've heard multiple issues with 5G, like range and stuff, effectively sacrificing range and reliability for even more speed just so that companies can market it better. Do you think 5G is a downgrade compared to 4G?

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[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Frequency 101. The higher the frequency the better the range, the worse the penetration through buildings/solid matter. Technically this is sort of a misnomer because the frequency transmitted keeps on traveling pretty much forever but the higher the frequency the more concentrated the beam of transmission, the farther away it can be picked up because transmitted frequencies spread as they travel.