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I second this, it's 5G, just plug in and go. The cheapest wired Internet I could get here in downtown Chicago on my block was $70,000+ installation, then $800 / month. I was spending $400 / month on my cell phone bill just for data before I switched to T-Mobile Home Internet.

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How does downtown Chicago not have anything like standard DSL or cable internet packages?

They do in places.. just some city blocks are black holes. I don't know why. The blocks on every side of me have standard DSL and cable connections. I had multiple teams from Comcast, AT&T etc etc out here for surveys. Comcast initially stated it would cost me $68,000 to run a cable from the next block. Then they said that must be an error and sent another survey team out who came back and said yes, it was an error, the real cost would be $71,000.

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