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While 4G slowly rolls out here....

Bambino — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 18:55:15 GMT

They're starting to trial 5G in Finland

http://www.zdnet.com/article/finland-starting-to-build-its-first-5g-test-network/#ftag=YHFb1d24ec

Re: While 4G slowly rolls out here....

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 19:17:33 GMT

Yikes. Imagine that here? Piperdog123 won't be able to moan about only getting 2g when there could be 3g, 4g and 5g lol.

There was a report out a week or two back saying that in test conditions 5g was up to 65000 times faster than 4g.

And we need home broadband because. ...... If the mobile networks got it right they could wipe BT and Virgin off the map.

Re: While 4G slowly rolls out here....

MI5 — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 19:28:47 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
And we need home broadband because. ...... If the mobile networks got it right they could wipe BT and Virgin off the map.

If they can allow all users around 200Gb a month.....

Re: While 4G slowly rolls out here....

Cleoriff — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 19:42:14 GMT

According to that article, the UK already has it's own 5G testing centre in Surrey scheduled to open in September (backed with 60million funding)?

That should upset a lot of people who have yet to get 4G?

Re: While 4G slowly rolls out here....

jonsie — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 19:48:26 GMT

And we will all have to get shiny new phones.....

Re: While 4G slowly rolls out here....

Cleoriff — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 20:01:06 GMT

@jonsie wrote:
And we will all have to get shiny new phones.....

Indeed....Though I still need 4G here...

Re: While 4G slowly rolls out here....

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 20:15:42 GMT

Oooh yes.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 27.

I drool already. .....💵💴💶💷💸💱

Re: While 4G slowly rolls out here....

sheepdog — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 20:21:00 GMT

Key word is "test". It will be a minimum of 5 years before they decide they all need a standard definition of 5G then another 5 years to get the rollout going followed a realisation they don't have the money to do it so cue more mergers and takeovers. In the meantime, prices will go up in the form of reduced data allowances....whilst we've all moved away from phones and be using the nearest connected device for our data needs. The Internet of Things is here already....

Re: While 4G slowly rolls out here....

jonsie — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 20:24:01 GMT

What's the song....and the silicon chip inside our head gets tripped to overload......

Re: While 4G slowly rolls out here....

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 20:34:36 GMT

Sounds like the Boomtown Rats and Mr Bob Geldof to me

Re: While 4G slowly rolls out here....

jonsie — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 20:48:31 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Sounds like the Boomtown Rats and Mr Bob Geldof to me

Spot on and he wrote that back around 1978.....but it will happen (indeed it probably is already!)