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They say simply "5G", I don't think it matters whether it is SA or NSA, the end user doesn't know the difference, the important thing is to see if there is an improvement.

I mean, even if it were all 5G NSA, we all see the 5G label and then pay more but in reality it’s a "fake 5G", the study simply tries to understand if there is an improvement between the 5G and 4G label on the phone.

ksec•56m ago

Well, AFAIK most telecoms are either doing spectrum sharing or still keeping majority of spectrum on 4G. M-MIMO not deployed as widely as expected, and 5G SA has barely started.

COVID along with Huawei ban and other national security concerns have at least delayed most plan by 2 years minimum.

So while most would have expected 5G to have a much quicker roll out than 4G, those reasons above make current 5G about the same stage of previous 4G.

I sometimes think if it would be better they craft out a subset of 5.9G with along with some efficiency improvement and then brand it as 6G instead.

metalman•14m ago

there is little corelation between signal "type" and up/down data speed here in Nova Scotia. Personaly I have no fixed/wired services and find huge problems with maintaining a solid network connection with the internet and see realy wierd stuff where one phone will be able to access certain web sites, but the one next to it wont, until the phone company reset mumble something mumble mumble, registered my imie # again mumble own both phones, same provider nothing but hassles