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Verizon Says 5G Network Will Cost Extra $10 a Month (go.com)
Verizon said on Tuesday that it will charge an additional $10 a month per smartphone for subscribers who want to add 5G speeds to their devices, the first major U.S. carrier to disclose pricing for the faster cellular service. From a report: Verizon says it'll flip the switch next month on a much-hyped, next-generation "5G" phone network. Service will start in parts of Chicago and Minneapolis. Verizon expects to have 5G in 30 cities this year. For now, few people will sign on. The offer is available only on unlimited plans, which currently start at $75 for one person or $160 for a family of four without 5G. On family plans, each 5G line would cost $10 extra. And network access will initially work with just one phone, Motorola's Moto Z3, with a special 5G attachment. Verizon will offer some promotions at first, including discounts on the phone and attachment and the first three months of 5G service free.
I'm pretty sure when I looked in to changing my US Provider, they wanted me to pay an extra $10/month for LTE as well. So does this fee replace the $10/month for LTE or are customers expected to pay $10/month for LTE AND $10/month for "5G?"
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Get 5G Mi-Fi unlimited and cable will be in for a wild ride. Competition would be good.
Is that for fake 5G or real 5G?
man, I feel like mold.
It's time to break these monopolies up.
The only use case I can imagine that you'd need 5G speeds on your mobile would be if you're tethering.
Can someone who knows tell me what people do on their mobile that requires gigabit speeds?
When you wake up tomorrow, you should decide to be happy instead of miserable. The choice is yours to make.
Making exercising a thing you do 3 times a week. A stationary bike works well. Don't do too much too fast.
Go outside. Walk around. Talk to people in real life. Your life is good. Start acting like it.
Since ATT found a way to upgrade their system to 5G without spending money, they won't have to jack rates up. Hope all you guys who were baggin' on ATT a few weeks ago about it will shut up now!
No matter where you go, there you are.
Real or Fake 5G is actually a legitimate question. AT&T currently offers fake 5G service.
> Making exercising a thing you do 3 times a week.
The Windows support guy said I should Power Cycle at least twice a day.
But I said, I don't even own a bike.
I'll see your senator, and I'll raise you two judges.
5G benefits primarily the carrier, not the subscriber. The chance that you'll see any faster speeds than 4G/LTE is very slim. The carrier however gets to reap benefits from lower traffic congestion meaning that they'll be able to cram more connections on the same hardware. And make the customers pay for it.
Or has it been getting more expensive to operate the same old tech with the existing equipment, without actually expanding coverage?
It's nice what being the only option with significant coverage in many rural and semi-urban communities lets you do with your pricing...
For a mere 10$ more, Verizon will call its current service 5G just for you.
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
I know "640k ought to be enough for anyone", but I'm happy with 4G (for the time being). Glad to see things are moving ahead with 5G, but for myself, I'm really not excited about it for some reason. No way I would spend a cent on it right now (hardware or network).
I'm quite sure that the cost per subscriber to them would be negligible.
File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
What is the cap?? and is it opt in?
or with BYOD they can say your phone is classed as 5G pay must pay more?
yes they want to push this as home internet $500 router needed.
> Making exercising a thing you do 3 times a week. - Seriously, if the President doesn't do it even once a week how the fuck are they telling me to be 3x as good? Go tell it to the fatass traitor. I get plenty of exercise, and not golf.
And I will never, ever, not even as a joke, talk about trying to fuck my own daughter. Trump is a disgusting pedo moron.
They said. Tmobile will eat them alive very soon.
So they can charge you more for overages and extra data.
Seriously? Only 'dumb fucks' (to quote Zuckerberg), would sign up for that shit.
As it is now on 4G/4Glte, I already have to be careful that I dont load some fuckturd site with a shitpot of uncompressed images on it and burn through my 5GB data cap before I'm throttled to 2G.
Yeah, no thanks Verizon. Go fuck yourself.
Required $10/month when they cut off the legacy network. This is not a premium charge...this is how they drastically increase prices. You start small...as an extra option. Then you make that option a requirement without adjusting prices. Good 'ol premium switcharoo.
Remember when TMobile slammed AT&T for that despite the fact they sold a non 4G technology as 4G and acted like they were god for it?
First off, it's already an "unlimited" plan, so this isn't to gain more data per month. So that just leaves speed. 4G is supposed to be 5 - 12 Mbps. So if you are "merely" getting the 4G you paid for, that is at least 5 Mbps. That's just about enough to stream 1080p video.... to a CELL phone. So what's the intention here? For people to hook their cell phone up to a 4k TV via HDMI and stream 4k video over 5G?
Better known as 318230.
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Privacy has a cost.
LOL
I don't remember that. But a thank you for pointing it out: Thanks!
I'll see your senator, and I'll raise you two judges.
A lot of people are thinking using 5G to replace cable internet.. Verizon will do everything to kill that idea.
let them charge $10 more...