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Verizon's 5G Network Is Now Hitting Gigabit Download Speeds

Friday May 17, 2019. 12:00 PM , from Slashdot
A month ago, Verizon's 5G coverage in Chicago was exceedingly difficult to find and the speeds were only noticeably faster than LTE. Now, Chris Welch from The Verge says the company 'has ramped things up.' While coverage 'remains extremely limited' and 'varies widely block by block,' the speed is lightning fast. From the report: I just ran a speed test that crossed 1Gbps, and my mind is frankly a little blown. This is in the real world, where my iPhone XS Max is barely hitting 20Mbps in the same spot. Download speeds on Verizon's 5G network now feel like a proper next-gen leap over current LTE performance. Going over 700Mbps is very typical, and crossing that gigabit marker can happen regularly if you're standing near one of the carrier's 5G nodes, which utilize millimeter wave technology to achieve the faster download rates.

I'm still walking around Chicago and testing things out, but here are a few quick tests I ran: The pilot episode of The Office downloaded from Netflix at 'high' quality in eight seconds. That's not a typo. I pulled down Marvel's Iron Man 2 from the Amazon Prime Video app at 'best' quality in 90 seconds. Welch balances his excitement by saying that 'indoor coverage on Verizon's 5G network is basically nonexistent.' Also, 'uploads are still limited to LTE on Verizons 5G network' and 'tethering with the Galaxy S10 5G isn't yet supported (at 5G speeds).'
Another thing to think about is the fact that barely anyone is on Verizon's 5G network right now. When people actually start buying 5G devices, the 1Gbps speeds will surely drop.

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