It's the 5th generation cellular protocol, not counting other technologies like AMPS/FDMA, TDMA, iDEN, and CDMA.
GSM GPRS/EDGE HSDPA LTE 5G
Fun fact, Sprint's 2.5GHz 5G network was shut down in 2020 due to the T-Mobile takeover. T-Mobile uses 600MHz for their 5G.
Only in places they own 600mhz spectrum. Spectrum is sold in blocks regionally to the highest bidder. Thats why you will have fast internet but shitty service in one town, great coverage but slow service in another.
True, but 600MHz is T-Mobile's "liked" band for 5G deployment. They also deploy on the following bands, but who cares since 5G has the reach of a dead donkey:
2.5GHz 24GHz 28GHz 39GHz
The fact that they can even make those higher bands work with a consumer device is akin to black magic.
I haven't seen any high spectrum stuff in the u.s. we usually reserve telecom from 700mhz-2100mhz
T-mobile has low band (n71 600 mhz), mid band (2.5 ghz n41) and high band (ghz range) 5G. Low bands go longer distances but carry less data than higher bands. 2.5 goes reasonably far (several miles). Also 5g can transmit better with a weaker signal. I had a shit n41 signal -110 db but was able to download at 200-300 mbps.
I've never been able to catch a 5G signal that was worth a shit. I just turned it off.
I'm not downloading anything on the phone except for Poal Shitposts, so LTE is fine.
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