How 5G works? the pros and cons of 5G

5G internet

It's a revolutionary kind of internet that promises to change everything from your phone to home internet, futuristic fields like self-driving cars and even remote surgery, but 5G's also been in the headlines lately for a lot of bad reasons ,conspiracy theories and rumors. So, to assist clear things up,we're gonna inform you, what exactly 5G is, how we got there , what the technology behind it's , and any real concerns that might exist around the new technology.

 So, what is 5G? And the pros:

Well, 5G or fifth generation, is that the next step in mobile internet technology. It's what all of the next wave of phones and tablets are gonna use for speeds that are even faster than the LTE networks that we already have. Okay, so all the big US carriers are well underway with rolling out 5G, and by the end of this year, you should be able to get it wherever you live in the US.

 But what 5G means on each carrier is different. Speeds are different,coverage is different, just to see how fast it is and what a difference it makes in your day to day life. So let me try and explain. Now Verizon's 5G is blazing fast; you'll get download speeds of over one gigabyte per second. That's up to 10 times faster than most home wifi connections. You can download a whole season of a TV show in just minutes.

 cons of 5G:

 But the problem is coverage. Verizon's 5G is very, very spotty. It's there on one street and gone the next, and indoor coverage ispretty much nonexistent. That's because Verizon bases its whole 5G plan, for now, on what's called high band millimeter wave technology. You've seen it in those commercials as ultra wideband 5G. But the issue is, the signalcan't travel very far, so in an city where it wants to roll out 5G, Verizon's gotta put up allthese nodes all over the city, and that's not reallypractical to do nation wide, so later on this year,Verizon's also gonna turn on its low-band 5G network, but there the speeds aren't that much faster than what your LTE phone can do today. So for now, Verizon's5G network isn't really worth upgrading to a new phone for, unless you've got a node like right outside your apartment or your house.

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 T-Mobile has the most comprehensive 5G plan of all the US carriers. It's also using millimeter wave on the high end, plus Sprint's mid band spectrum in the middle, and it's own low-band 5G at the base. Now Sprint's midband spectrum is much faster than LTE is today. Think of midband as the sweet spot for 5G. It's much faster than phones today, it's not quite as fast as millimeter wave, but it makes a big difference day to day. And last is AT& T which has a similar strategy to Verizon, in that you getthe high-band millimeter wave and low-band sub six 5G, but they're missing thatmiddle part of the cake, that midband spectrum, so you'll have really fast speeds in small parts of some citie sand somewhat faster speeds than your phone today everywhere else.

The only difference is that we're a lot more reliant on our phones than wewere 10 to 15 years ago, and that's why these issues seem so much more important now. But the key thing to remember is that 5G and the technologies around it, aren't really new. It's just our perspective on them, and our reliance on ourphones that's really changed.

 Thanks so much for reading. If you have any other questions about 5G or technology in general, let us know in commant box.