• rottingleaf@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    This spectrum is already on the verge of being complete trash.

    Radio shouldn’t be used when avoidable. It’s for emergencies, aviation, hiking, short-range communication for convenience maybe. Phones - yes.

    But providing internet connectivity via radio when you can lay cable is just stupid.

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      1 month ago

      I mostly agree with you. I find it really weird how I live in a world where all my Internet is being run through 5G cellular for political and social reasons and not for technical ones. Due to the monopoly on the cables, it’s actually much cheaper here to buy 5G home internet. It seems unnecessarily complicated and choosing to use a shared medium for no reason. It’s just the politics.

      In case you’re not from the States, we have a monopoly pretty much everywhere for Internet services.

      With my 5G I have unlimited data, and it’s 300 down 44 up on a good day. It’s perfectly serviceable if you can live with increased latency.