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by charcircuit 1647 days ago
4G is much cheaper to deploy over a region than 5G since you don't need as many towers.
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I keep seeing this repeated but I'm pretty sure this isn't true.

The 5G protocol also runs on the same frequencies as 4G, but with slightly improved range and bandwidth.

5G mmWave (or whatever it's called) is the 60Ghz very short range version with way higher bandwidth.

Because most people confuse 5G or True 5G = mmWave. It is actually quite tiring.