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by JohnFen 2338 days ago
> In the middle of Seattle there are still holes in coverage where I data speeds slow to a complete crawl.

Ironically, this is the one situation where 5G is actually useful. The unambiguous benefit to 5G is that it increases the total load capacity of the cell network. People who live in areas where the network operates at capacity large amounts of the time (such as Seattle) will see an increase in reliability even if they don't see an increase in speed.