>>1254379>And with Tmobile picking up 600mhz for their 5gJust to point this out, 5G isn't going to be on just one set of frequencies. They're actually going to deploy 5G in separate low band, mid band, and high band frequencies where what band the towers in an area are on will depend on the population density of the area, since there's more frequency bandwidth available the higher you go for supporting more people in more densely populated areas while the lower you go the further your signal can go with the same amount of power for providing wide coverage of low populated areas.
Not saying anything this anon is saying is wrong. I'm just pointing this out because I regularly see people elsewhere insisting that the much shorter range high band 5G is all there is and that 5G isn't meant to completely replace 4G, and I don't want to see people start thinking low band 5G is all there is after reading this post.
On a related note.
>no signal will be almost a thing of the past. This is no joke. Cell networks also have good enough up time and are distributed enough that there is a federal effort to partner with cell service providers and replace the radio systems that emergency services depend on with cell phone based solutions (though they're on a special separate band so emergency services don't have to worry about the extreme congestion you normally see after large natural disasters).
