Shut Up about 5G

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[mabeast]

I wonder how the person feels right now with a 5G foldable phone...

[nuyou]

You still get people struggling to get a 4G signal in some areas, yet we’re talking about 5G that’s years away from being available to everyone. 🤦‍♂️🤣💯

[Adamant]

5G is basically Wifi. Like legit the range on it is Wifi Range and so what you get faster internet - 4G speeds are perfect for streaming content and downloads. The only limitations of 4G are the carrier caps on speeds. Wifi can be super fast and has a limited range, 5G can be super fast and has a limited range.

[JustSimplyBrandon]

I agree. Just like when you covered the misuse of the word “innovation” companies are really abusing the advertisement of a technology that’s literally at it’s infancy. I wish companies would be more honest and really invest all their time and money towards building up 5G over marketing hype.

[Hntrd]

Why are you the only YouTuber saying this. More people should be aware, and more YouTubers should watch your videos.

[PassportBrosBusinessClass]

Most people aren’t downloading enough data to need 5G. We have STREAMING
to allow us to slowly download videos while watching them.

[raspy__]

I thought my friend had 5G, then I realized he was on AT&T...

[Leftosaurus]

"I live in murica so shuddup about 5G" Wow what a compelling, well-structured argument.

[jeremywongzijun]

Android phones: Introduces 5G capable devices.

iPhones: No 5G capability.

Verizon: *laughs in unreliable coverage*

[BobbyPhoenix]

I'm on WiFi 99% of the day, and my speeds on my phone are around 12MBPS down, and 8MBPS up. I never have an issue with speed. Speed is so overrated. You don't need 100MBPS connection to have a great experience.

[yenaarts]

Did you know, to be classified as to having a 5G signal, the latency between antenna's cannot be greater than 1ms, this means that each antenna cannot be further away than about 12.5 miles of fiber cable from a headend (where the signal is switched). (12.5 up + switching the signal + 12.5 down to the other antenna =~1ms) I don't know how they are going to bring 5G outside the city center when a typical headend costs about 6 million dollars just in equipment.

[thays]

Speaking from 11 yrs of Telecom experience here, and I agree with almost everything you said. The one point I differ on is an added variable, that people outside of RF engineering don't often understand, and that is capacity.

What would speed up your traffic hour commute more in L.A. increasing the speed limit by 10 MPH or adding 3 additional lanes? These additional lanes increase capacity, and decrease congestion, which speeds up the overall commute.

New towers can be part of increasing capacity, as well as filling in holes in coverage. Most often capacity is met by upgrades to existing towers though. These upgrade are very similar to adding an an additional lane. The easiest way to explain this is the different radios frequencies. Each radio frequency is broken up into bands. These bands are like space that you can use to make 1 or more freeway lanes in our analogy. Let's take Verizon for an example. They have 5 bands that they operate on nation wide, 2, 4, 5, 13*, and 66. Each band operates like a lane in the freeway. So if you are in a rural area, 2 or 3 bands might provide enough capacity. But if you are in downtown L.A. at 5pm you want all the bands you can get. Keep in mind that you can also double up on some bands (creating more lanes) and provide greater coverage. So depending on how much radio frequency you own, or spectrum, you can build multiple lanes, perhaps to 10+ lanes.

However, eventually you run out of bands. This is where 5G will be helpful. It's like adding a toll road next to the regular freeway. (Keep in mind that unless you buy additional bands, you have to steel a band from the previous freeway in order to use it on the new one). At first only a few people can use this new toll road, but it's great for those that can use it. It's bigger and faster and can hold more traffic on a single band then the old freeway could. And it helps offload traffic from the standard freeway. Eventually the restrictions on the toll road will lift and it will be faster with more capacity than the old road, and people can still use the old freeway when needed to help relieve the capacity of the new road.

So all of these factors matter and from a network perspective, you need to work on all of them. And trust me, all the providers are focusing on adding new LTE capacity much more than they're focusing on 5G, 5G is just sexier to talk about, and that's why it's a big part of the marketing. Plus, the marketing and sales guys don't understand all the facets of the network, but they do understand a new tool in selling, so they use it.

[jackmanning]

SHUT UP ABOUT THE SUN!!!

That’s the only thing I could think of when I read the title

[kinocchio]

I laughed at the title because it’s exactly the kind of thing Drew would say.

[chrissolace]

Honestly, I'm glad you've brought up this topic. I have seen SO many Verizon adds about it but... the technology isn't even close to being ready! So many of your points ring true, ESPECIALLY when compared to 4G/LTE; I live in a relatively suburban neighborhood and NEVER get full coverage--usually 3 bars (out of 5). And right now, I'm sitting in my room, normally, and getting 1 bar of coverage. If I go down the block, there isn't ANY coverage. I'd MUCH rather prefer reliable full coverage everywhere than 5G in its infancy stage.

[XCampX]

Yes Finally!

Hey cell phone carriers, first get 4G LTE in more areas then 60 percent with stable continues connection. Then and only then work on the next gen signal. Why work on 5G lte if we haven’t got the previous one great yet!

[Stupranos]

I’ve seen my home LTE connection get as high as 211mbps down and 56 up. I’m using a Xs so I’m not complaining.

[RoscoeS]

I laugh when I don't even have LTE Coverage at my house!
So you can not advertise any coverage when there isn't any Coverage at all!
I have to have a 4g extender connected to my Internet just to use LTE at my home!

[paterstrother]

New Zealand doesn’t even have 4g where I live

[AnarchistBogan]

Agree! Here in Australia, they want to charge $15 a month extra to access 5g. To add the that it has LIMITED availability in major capitals only. Such a marketing lie.