5G ON: T-Mobile 5G Network is Activated in the USA
One of the biggest and most important wireless high-speed networks just has become active. T-Mobile activated its 5G network across the United States covering more than 200 million people and more than 5,000 cities and towns.
T-Mobile doesn’t offer specifics on what kind of speeds you’ll see on the new network, and the actual improvements will vary a lot by location. “In some places, 600 MHz 5G will be a lot faster than LTE. In others, customers won’t see as much difference,” T-Mobile says.
Two new 5G smartphones, the exclusive OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren ($899.99) and the Samsung Galaxy Note10+ 5G ($1299.99), are available for pre-order today at www.t-mobile.com/devices/5g-phones and in T-Mobile stores on December 6. Both 5G phones tap into the Un-carrier’s 600 MHz 5G network where available and T-Mobile’s LTE network elsewhere. Plus, both are ready to use Sprint’s 5G spectrum (2.5 GHz) when available from the New T-Mobile if the merger closes. To celebrate the launch, T-Mobile's customers can get the OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren for FREE with 24 bill credits when they switch to T-Mobile and trade in an eligible phone … or, get a Note10+ 5G for FREE with 24 bill credits when they buy another and add a line (two for new customers). T-Mobile says its 5G network covers more than 60% of the population across more than 1 million square miles, much of that in rural America. It covers 200 million people and more than 5,000 towns.
In adition, T-Mobile’s 5G access costs the same as LTE at T-Mobile. All of the major US carriers have been racing to launch 5G this year. The next notable deployment is supposed to come from AT&T, which plans to launch its own low-band 5G this month, albeit only in five cities.
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Asking the real questions and ignoring the tin-foil trolls.
Anyone know if it's "Stand Alone" 5G?
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One of the biggest and most important wireless high-speed networks just has become active. T-Mobile activated its 5G network across the United States covering more than 200 million people and more th...
5G ON: T-Mobile 5G Network is Activated in the USA
Covering more than '200 million' the number that can actually access it is the tens of thousands currently at anything over standard 4G speeds. I can't even get a reliable CDMA never mind LTE signal. Just to be clear, I'm not addressing Hilbert but T-Mobiles claims.
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Asking the real questions and ignoring the tin-foil trolls.
Anyone know if it's "Stand Alone" 5G?
What do you mean 'stand alone'. These are in addition to the existing network not a replacement.
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In fact, you literally have no clue what 5G does. You aren't involved in any studies, have no qualified information, and can give us nothing on the long-term effects of this radiation.
In short, you have no idea what you are talking about, and there is no reason to trust what you are saying. This is by logic, since you have no experience whatsoever with 5G. I love when people shill just for the frack of it.
Also, the last part of your thing here is preposterous. A phone has radiation limits specifically because authorities do think it could probably cause issues if there weren't limits to the radiation emitted by phone. One day in the sun has nothing to do with a device emitting its own radiation. They are not the same radiation.
As someone who worked in the field and worked on cell phone design back in the early late 90's early 2000's, I just have to step in here, and say you're completely wrong. Every electronic device has limits PRIMARILY so it DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH OTHER DEVICES. Now, please, be less preposterous and uninformed in your arguments, thanks.
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Y'know what else will heat up brain tissue? Aluminum foil when it is wrapped around your head. I suggest you take off your hat made of it...
Also, how exactly is citing sources from a cancer prevention site shilling (note the spelling...) for tech companies? For the record, I have a phone that was worth $40 new and doesn't even have a fully working data plan. I don't give a crap about 5G or any high-speed mobile broadband, but I'm not about to get scared by myths perpetuated from the 1970s.
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As for lead, it has only been recently discovered how harmful it (and other heavy metals) are to the brain. A lot of houses use lead paint. Ancient Rome used lead for plumbing (hence the atomic symbol of lead: Pb, for plumbum), as well as an artificial sweetener. Lead was used in fuel because of it's anti-knocking properties. At the time, there weren't a lot of better options. Of course the oil companies cared about profit, but lead didn't exactly make fuel more profitable to them, it was something customers wanted. That is, until everyone discovered it was toxic.
Why do scaremongers think they can be trusted with a complete lack of data or a fundamental understanding of the subject at hand?