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Why do wireless carriers knock on my door in a major city trying to sell 5G home internet service? (links.hackliberty.org)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I live in a major city with cable internet everywhere along with fiber in some areas (unfortunately not mine), but I’ve had multiple instances of carriers’ salespeople knock on my door selling 5G home internet service.

The reason this doesn’t make sense to me is 5G will always have a much higher latency than any wired alternative — it really only makes sense to sell this stuff in rural areas without the infrastructure. What’s more is the most recent carrier has a reputation for extraordinary coverage but their network is CDMA so their network speed is one of the worst in the city.

Wouldn’t it make more sense to sell this stuff elsewhere?

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Because these idiots keep putting services on top of ISP-heavy areas instead of deploying where there is zero competition. I.e., where they could potentially gain actual new business.

Sorry. I’m a little jaded after decades of access to only one viable ISP.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No, don’t be. I’m fed up with the US handing over billions of dollars to telcos for essentially nothing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Well you see... We are a capitalist society where the taxpayer funds corporate capex and then corpo parasite price gouges the taxpayer via oligopoly.

This is what we in the industry call a healthy eco system.