• 5G researchers achieve record speed
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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31622297#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa[/url]
This won't be valuable with shitty ISPs capping the speeds, unfortunately.
[QUOTE]The regulator said it expected 5G mobile to be capable of delivering between 10 and 50Gbps, compared with the 4G average download speed of 15Megabits per second (Mbps).[/QUOTE] This bit is actually important. While the article mentions one terabit per second, it doesn't necessarily mean that your mobile device will receive such bandwidth. It still is an enormous improvement compared to 4G however.
4G speeds are quite sufficient already. Even taking into account that data will grow in volume as time goes on, 50Gbps will be more than enough.
[QUOTE=_Axel;47210442]4G speeds are quite sufficient already. Even taking into account that data will grow in volume as time goes on, 50Gbps will be more than enough.[/QUOTE] If you want to watch 4K video stream (or even 8K) on your phone, you better have a super solid 4G connection. I realize that no one would actually do this, but if the time came for that to be possible, I would indeed embrace it. Better speeds means we can do more with it, which is always great. Even though speed and more storage these days sometimes seems to mean less optimized shit.
[QUOTE=mastersrp;47211596]If you want to watch 4K video stream (or even 8K) on your phone, you better have a super solid 4G connection. I realize that no one would actually do this, but if the time came for that to be possible, I would indeed embrace it. Better speeds means we can do more with it, which is always great. Even though speed and more storage these days sometimes seems to mean less optimized shit.[/QUOTE] 4K phones exist? I don't even own a 4K desktop, is there really a noticeable difference on small phone screens?
[QUOTE=_Axel;47213454]4K phones exist? I don't even own a 4K desktop, is there really a noticeable difference on small phone screens?[/QUOTE] phones already have 1440p screens and I still have a 1080p screen.
[QUOTE=_Axel;47213454]4K phones exist? I don't even own a 4K desktop, is there really a noticeable difference on small phone screens?[/QUOTE] my LG G3 has a 1440p screen and the difference is definitely noticeable, coming from someone who isn't a videophile The fact that it's 1440p considering the size of the screen really makes things super crisp
[QUOTE=WitheredPyre;47210210]This won't be valuable with shitty ISPs capping the speeds, unfortunately.[/QUOTE] You get 50TBps with a 5GB cap. (Pay 15$ to get additional 1GB for the month.) Mobile data caps are the worst.
I bet my village gets this before BT get us fibre.
[QUOTE=_Axel;47213454]4K phones exist? I don't even own a 4K desktop, is there really a noticeable difference on small phone screens?[/QUOTE] I'm sure in 5 years (which is their estimate at the soonest UK should be getting it) that we'll have 4k phones, probably even more. Plus think of what you can do with a 50gbps 5g connection for your laptop on the go. In 2010 the flagship phone resolution was 480x800, now it's 1440x2560.
What a shame. Cell phone companies should get into the ISP business. I would switch from my DSL connection to T-Mobile or another company that offered 5G internet services, heck, I would even switch now to 4G LTE, but they charge almost $100 for 25 gbs a month. If they raised their limits, only the sky would be the limit at that point.
[QUOTE=martijnp3000;47210252]This bit is actually important. While the article mentions one terabit per second, it doesn't necessarily mean that your mobile device will receive such bandwidth. It still is an enormous improvement compared to 4G however.[/QUOTE] Uh yeah. I mean, it's very rare to even get 1Gbps broadband. Everyone seems so casual about 'Sounds pretty good for mobiles', I want that damn speed on my desktop.
[QUOTE=voltlight;47223808]Uh yeah. I mean, it's very rare to even get 1Gbps broadband. Everyone seems so casual about 'Sounds pretty good for mobiles', I want that damn speed on my desktop.[/QUOTE] There's quite a bit of difference regarding reliability and latency when comparing wired to wireless (especially for mobile networks), so even though you'd be getting a broadband speed of 1G you might lose a lot of packets thus resulting in the actual data transfers to be lower or more unreliable. This is not the case at all for wired connections (or shouldn't be, in most cases, unless you use hubs which can be prone to this), and especially not when using MM fibers.
[QUOTE=WitheredPyre;47210210]This won't be valuable with shitty ISPs capping the speeds, unfortunately.[/QUOTE] I don't think the point of it wouldn't be to get that full speed though, it would mean that contention wouldn't be an issue when you have hundreds of people in the radius of one cell tower.
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