• Socsa@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    Cable definitely does have a capacity and speed advantage over 5G in most cases. But 5G is plenty fast and reliable for most people these days, and it’s cheaper because there is no last mile maintenance. T-Mobile doesn’t need to repair a bunch of decades old coax line every time the wind blows.

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      9 months ago

      Perhaps they should have invested in infrastructure with the government handouts they were given to do so?

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        9 months ago

        They spent it all blocking access to the fiber lines that are already there and padding the wallets of their execs.

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      9 months ago

      I get 1600Mbps down, 180 up on my 5G home internet (for $60/mo). The fastest cable can offer here is 600 down, 30 up (for $120/mo).

      So yeah, I’d say 5G is fast enough for most people. It maxes out my ethernet ports. I have to use wifi to hit my bandwidth cap. Eventually I will upgrade to 2.5G ethernet.