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Samsung claims 5G mobile data transmission breakthrough

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Re: Samsung claims 5G mobile data transmission breakthrough

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Post by Havoc »

We might as well drop the whole ?G classification. Since the US carriers started branding stuff 4G that wasn't anywhere close to spec its been a free for all.

Marketing aside, the tech might have merit in its own right though. I think the Ka band isn't available for use in my country though...

Re: Samsung claims 5G mobile data transmission breakthrough

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Post by 300bps »

Havoc wrote: post #4

We might as well drop the whole ?G classification. Since the US carriers started branding stuff 4G that wasn't anywhere close to spec its been a free for all. Marketing aside, the tech might have merit in its own right though. I think the Ka band isn't available for use in my country though...

Even people who should "know better" were fooled by AT&T claims of being 4G on the iPhone 4s:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-57408432-266/is-the-at-t-i...

Re: Samsung claims 5G mobile data transmission breakthrough

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Post by Retric »

commiebob wrote: post #2

In other news, 5G users can now burn through their data cap in under 10 seconds!

Data cap's are indirectly related to transmission speeds so you may always be able to burn though the data cap in under 10 seconds, but competition will still slowly raise the cap as technology improves.

IMO, the current 2+GB caps are not that bad, raise that to 20GB and you can watch a fair amount of hulu for example (~50+hours) without a problem.

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Post by dagw »

Retric wrote: post #8
commiebob wrote: post #2

In other news, 5G users can now burn through their data cap in under 10 seconds!

Data cap's are indirectly related to transmission speeds so you may always be able to burn though the data cap in under 10 seconds, but competition will still slowly raise the cap as technology improves. IMO, the current 2+GB caps are not that bad, raise that to 20GB and you can watch a fair amount of hulu for example (~50+hours) without a problem.

competition will still slowly raise the cap as technology improves.

Has not been my experience at all here in Sweden. Data caps have been lowered across the board over the past year as data speeds and availability has improved.

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