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Samsung Testing 5G Phones With 1gbps Download Speed

Posted by samzenpus on from the greased-lightning dept.

Gumbercules!! writes "While many smartphone users are still on 3G and are waiting for 4G to be available, Samsung is now testing 5G networks, capable of getting speeds up to 1gbps. Obviously, we're years away from seeing these in the wild (the company is shooting for 2020) but it's still an amazing improvement over what many people are experiencing now."

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  1. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

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  2. Re:5G with 10GB/mo cap by ls671 · · Score: 5, Funny

    From TFS: "capable of getting speeds up to 1gbps"

    That's 0.125 GBps so 8 seconds for a GB. You need at least 80 seconds to hit your 10GB cap which is more than one minute. This sounds much fairer now.

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  3. AT&T Soon To Announce Launch of 1GBPS Network by MrEdofCourse · · Score: 3, Funny

    In similar news, AT&T is expected to soon launch it's 5G 1Gbps network nationwide with speeds expected to reach *up to* 10Mbps. Rollout is expected to begin as soon as 5G/1GBps icons and logos are complete.

  4. Re:Spectrum? by Dunbal · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nah, because everyone will reach their data caps in about 80 seconds. There will be plenty of bandwidth for the rest of the month.

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