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I do get excited when I happen to find a mmWave hotspot and can pull 2 gigabit on my phone (for what purpose, I don't know), but after that, life proceeds as normal.

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Do the 2 gbps speeds ever translate to any uses besides speed tests? I have gigabit fiber for my house and whatever CDNs are on the other side rarely seem to take advantage of the full bandwidth. For instance OS updates, Steam downloads, these all come in around 20-40 MBps (yes everything is wired not over wifi)

Where are you located? I'm in Singapore and Steam downloads are usually about 800 Mb/s, and PS4 downloads are at 500 (probably limited by the disk in the device). Linux software updates are all over the place, which really isn't really surprising given that you never know which mirror it'll use.

I've had Xbox downloads use 1Gbps, once ( i had to triple check because i thought my router is only capable of 300/300 and i thought my plan allowed for 300Mbps down max). And outside of that it's always nice to be able to stream Netflix in 4K while doing Steam downloads and OS updates etc. simultaneously.

I can get an mmWave connection inside my apartment (just, if I stand by the window). If only Verizon offered home 5G in my area, I’d be able to get a dramatically faster connection. But no, slow cable it is…

For real

I figured mmWave would be blanketing most major cities by now

Here in SF it’s really only noticeable on a few blocks downtown

If 5G is going to be a game changer, we need the actual infrastructure to power it in major population centers

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