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We hate to point out the obvious, but the “G” in 5G stands for generation.
The generation that came before it, 4G, is not quite global, but it covers 88 countries
according to the website Open Signal.
This website is often cited for 4G facts and it tells us that “five countries had access
to an LTE connection more than 90% of the time.”
LTE means long-term evolution and it is basically a standard for wireless data transmission.
The countries with the most available connections the last time we checked were in order: South
Korea, Japan, Norway, Hong Kong and the United States.
What’s more important to most people, and it’s the topic of today’s show, is speed.
In the age of our hyper-connectivity slowness kills; it kills browsing, it kills games,
it kills job satisfaction, it kills companies and most importantly it kills fun.
Right now the countries with the best 4G connections in terms of speed measured by megabytes per
second are in order: Singapore, the Netherlands, Norway and South Korea, they all have above
40 MBps.
This is the average speed in the country, and there is a huge disparity across the globe.
The average 4G connection in the USA for instance is 16.31 MBps while in India it’s 6.07 MBps,
in Lithuania it’s 30.78 MBps and in the UK it’s 23.11 MBps.
Asia and Europe are the continents to be for fast speeds and that’s because many countries
have the best LTE infrastructure.
Although quite a few countries in western Europe don’t have this great infrastructure
and that’s why they have slower wireless speeds.
It’s also said that some countries in Asia and Europe developed 3G technology early so
they had good infrastructure already.
Open Signal also tells us that a fast connection also depends on if a country “has adopted
new 4G technologies like LTE Advanced, how densely networks are built and how much congestion
is on those networks.”
So, if you have a country that has developed LTE-Advanced infrastructure and has enabled
devices and not much congestion you have good results.
That’s why connections are so much superior in Lithuania than they are in the country
which houses Silicon Valley.
So, if you’re in parts of Asia (not all Asia for sure) or in parts of Eastern Europe
you can almost be sure to get a wireless connection and watch this video without any interruption.
That’s not the same for you guys in the USA, with one tech media outlet calling the
county’s wireless connection “extremely and embarrassingly slow.”
We are told that one of the reasons for this is LTE Networks have just not been developed
as well as in other countries, and while U.S. citizens can enjoy having a good proportion
of time users have access to a network they won’t be raving about speed anytime soon.
Maybe the US doesn’t care much about it’s poor world rank, because everyone now is talking
about the new 5G technology.
The question everyone is asking of course is how good will 5G be, and as many of our
viewers are from the U.S. and have just heard this disturbing news about a fairly bad 4G
connection, they might be wondering if they will also get a raw deal when it comes to
5G.
Will 5G mean the end of annoying stops and starts or are Americans and some parts of
the rest of the world destined to have slow speeds for years to come?
Ok, so when we change a generation to the next generation what that means is that some
fundamental differences have occurred.
In the case of wireless Internet that means such things as better transmission technology,
added frequency bands, higher peak bit rates, improved bandwidth in Hertz, and an ability
for more data transfers.
In short, information sent across the Internet is processed faster and you get it quicker
and you can do whatever it is you’re doing with a smile on your face.
The technology has improved, end of case.
You might now ask, so what’s the major changes with 4G and 5G?
Good question, and we’ll answer it for you.
Firstly, some of you know firsthand that 4G was far better than 3G and in some cases gave
speeds to people that were much faster.
Similar improvements will be made when we go to 5G.
We are told that LTE advanced technology has allowed a data rate of up to 1Gb per second
with 4G.
But we are told with 5G we might be looking at 5 to 10Gb per second.
Some say as much as 20Gb per second.
You might now be thinking, huh, my 4G doesn’t give me 1Gb per second and didn’t you just
say the USA averages a paltry 16Mbps?
Yes, we did, and these are average speeds.
Your car might be able to do 130 MPH all out, but it averages closer to 50.
We are told with 5G there is no way you are going to get 10 or 20 Gb per second on average
but it will still be a metaphorical Porsche for the piece of old junk you have in the
driveway right now.
These massive upticks in speed are partly due to new frequencies being available.
As the Droid Guy explains, “4G LTE technology is only capable of using lower frequency bands.
Right now, it can only operate up to 6GHz, whereas the radio bands that 5G will be able
to handle will be anywhere between 30GHz and 300GHz.”
This will make all the difference, and we are told with 5G we might be looking at phones
that can do much more than before, such as downloading large files and generally using
more advanced software.
The new frequencies won’t be crowded and because it uses wavelengths it will be able
to handle more devices.
That means less congestion.
Testing so far has shown 1,000 devices per meter, and that is a lot.
One of the reasons why your net seems to disappear for the most part is because of crowded networks,
and with 5G it is hoped this won’t happen.
With less crowding you will also get more speed, so much in fact that it’s being said
that this connection will be able to replace regular Wi-Fi connections.
That’s because on average you might be looking at getting around 100 MBps, which is far greater
than what you get now with 4G.
Still, it will depend on where you live.
Will people in Seoul still be laughing while folks in South Carolina have buffering PTSD?
It’s not easy to answer because right now we don’t know the state of the infrastructure.
We are told South Korea, China and Japan are all in the running to getting the networks
up first, but the USA is also in with a chance.
We are talking widespread availability, in some parts of the U.S. you can already get
a 5G connection, but it isn’t a regular mobile connection.
There is limited 5G connection in some other countries, too.
We are told we are on the brink of the full rollout happening, and in 2020 things will
be well on the way.
By 2024 it is estimated, by some experts at least, that 40 percent of the world will have
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