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		BenjiWiebe on Jan 29, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Is it just me or is 5G strictly worse than... At mmWave 5G frequencies. 5G also runs on 4G frequencies with the same propagation as 4G.

ip26 on Jan 30, 2023 [–]

In something of a paradoxical curse, operating on 4G frequencies mean you share spectrum with a much larger land area, limiting possible bandwidth. You aren’t going to serve 1gbps of home internet to every house in reach.

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