The race to 5G is over — now it’s time to pay the bill | Networks spent years telling us that 5G would change everything. But the flashiest use cases are nowhere to be found — and the race to deplo…::AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile’s race to deploy 5G has failed to realize its flashiest outcomes while saddling carriers with debt and removing a competitor from the market.

  • @stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca
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    141 year ago

    I still don’t have 5G service because the cellular companies in Canada seem to think it is worth an extra $15/mo when even LTE is faster than I need on my phone.

    • @sviper@programming.dev
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      121 year ago

      LOL, I pay 20 $ equivalent in India for a year with 500gb + cellular data on 4G and unlimited calls and SMS .

      Internet prices are fucked up in west.

        • @Sanyanov@lemmy.world
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          101 year ago

          Russia has very low population density, too, yet I pay 10$/mo for unmetered 4G Internet and calls, and that’s after dramatic price spikes that raised prices from 6$/mo a year and a half prior.

        • Ada
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          61 year ago

          It’s not that.

          Australia has a similar population density and land size to Canada, yet our speeds are faster and our costs lower than Canada.

        • @Powerpoint@lemmy.ca
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          61 year ago

          You know that statistic is bullshit just looking at profit reports from Canada’s telcos right?