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Home Broadband Is 5G's Surprise Killer App

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Re: Home Broadband Is 5G's Surprise Killer App

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I tried it through AT&T and it was horrible.

They oversold my area and the traffic was lower priority than phones so most of the time it was busy and latency would be seconds. My kids were furious.

I wouldn’t want anything on the same spectrum as a more popular device but with lower qos.

Re: Home Broadband Is 5G's Surprise Killer App

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I still don't know anybody who gets good 5g service anywhere. It seems like total shit. I know multiple people who have tried 5g home broadband and its slow and intermittent garbage and they sent their equipment back.

I don't know where you are but I'm in Liverpool, UK, only 1.5 miles from the city centre. The centre itself has had good 5G coverage for a while now, but my residential area got it at the end of 2025. Only one network provider, and I need a device with a high gain antenna, but I'm loving it.