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Cable can't compete with 5G home internet, so it's cheating(www.spacebar.news)

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Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.org
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I’m on T-Mobile via an MVNO for $204/year all-in (Mint, 5GB/month) and have 5G Business Internet through them for the flat $50. Combine that with being exclusively on solar power, and it’s cute to hear when the local utilities go down.

Is it as fast as fixed internet? No. Is that relevant 95% of the time? Also no.

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68silver@beehaw.org
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The 5GB/month is a big drawback for me. I would blow through that in a couplenof days.

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Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.org
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I rarely break 1GB/month given how often I’m on WiFi, and I don’t stream anything on my phone (purchased music collection works just fine). I get that’s not how we’re encouraged to use phones, but it suits my needs.

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zhunk@beehaw.org
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I set my phone to auto download playlists and podcasts on WiFi, so it isn’t really a problem. I think there was one month when I had to buy extra data so far, and that still ends up being cheaper than being on a plan with more data.

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MangoKangaroo@beehaw.org
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Curious question: what does the business internet plan get you over the home plan? I’m on Comcast Business right now, but I’m always looking for better options (plus we’re looking at getting a 5G failover at work).

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Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.org
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I didn’t have a choice when I started looking into 5G as primary internet … home was not available at my address but business was for whatever reason. “Very Good” signal tends to get me about 200Mbps, with “Excellent” hitting 400Mbps peaks.

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ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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Fast wise I’m at around 50 ping with no packet loss and over 400mbps.

Non “speed test” website wise, I will get over 30MB/sec downloads when I’m pulling in a game download from steam, so I know mine at least does over 280mbps in the real world.

I’m sure “location, location, location” on this, and it will vary a lot depending on your area and congestion in that area.

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cobra89@beehaw.org
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Just FYI steam compresses the data and shows the throughput with compression so the number will be higher than your actual download bandwidth.

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