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The race to 5G is over — now it’s time to pay the bill (www.theverge.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think you might be talking about 5G mmWave which is really high frequency and really impractical in most cases due to requiring clear line of sight. Other than that 5G is used on the same bands / frequencies that 4G is and it's just utilizing them slightly better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Ah, you're probably right.