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4G / 5G vs ISP...





Hey guys, first post!
To provide some background to this; I'm moving soon to a new house and leaving behind my awesome 300Mbp/s Virgin fiber
for... lets just say the area has exchange 'fiber' at a max rate of 60Mbps (guaranteed apparently). But with all the talk recently of 4g and 5g home routers providing unlimited bandwidth at a very reasonable cost! Is it worth looking into 4g / 5g as a reliable connection or is DSL going to be around for a while?
I know it's kind of opinion based, but a family member suggested a friend of his achieved over 100Mb with a 4g router from 3 (I think maybe he got lucky with a 5g trial and didn't realise it... or is 4g capable of 100Mb in the real world?)
In any case I work from home, so stability is more important, but I also work in tech and download a lot; plus my partner is a gamer so bandwidth is very much utilised in this house!
To provide some background to this; I'm moving soon to a new house and leaving behind my awesome 300Mbp/s Virgin fiber

I know it's kind of opinion based, but a family member suggested a friend of his achieved over 100Mb with a 4g router from 3 (I think maybe he got lucky with a 5g trial and didn't realise it... or is 4g capable of 100Mb in the real world?)
In any case I work from home, so stability is more important, but I also work in tech and download a lot; plus my partner is a gamer so bandwidth is very much utilised in this house!
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Pooh Member, Beta Tester Posts: 674
Unlimited in Telco terms invariably isn't unlimited. For example many providers give you a certain allotment then start to prioritize your connection behind other customers once you've breached it.
Others will drop you down to 3G or even 2G type speeds.
I'd stick with the DSL one if I were you. May not be published as being as fast, but you're probably not going to get many surprises with it either.People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.7 -
Burratha Member, Beta Tester Posts: 12
I've personally measured 123 MB on a 4G Vodafone connection, near Knutsford Cheshire.
A friend has measured almost 300 MB on a 4G Vodafone connection in Islington, London.
My understanding is that when the telcos are installing a 5G cell, they're also upgrading the 4G ones at that location, as well as increasing the physical bandwidth from the mast/site they're hosted.5
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-Warden Anastasia Luccio, Captain
Primarily I need to use it for office stuff (online meetings, office docs etc).
Partner streams games and watches streams all the time. I usually have Netflix or something running in the background when I'm working.
I'm considering getting 2 dedicated lines for business and gaming just so I can dedicate 60Mb each way. I've had over 100Mb for about 6 years, not over the moon about losing it but at least it's the top end of DSL. I could possibly load balance two connections through the router if I can get 2 lines installed!
Amazing, that confirms at least that "upgraded" 4G will reach +100Mb.
This is good news, I can certainly see 4/5G taking over DSL when it's widely available, my sister is still pulling old school speeds like a bloody 500k modem; I think her current 4G and DSL is about the same (sub 1Mb). They really should give away anything under 5Mb for free at this point.