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Verizon's New 5G Coverage Maps Show Just How Sparse the Network Is

posted by Fnord666 on Saturday November 23 2019, @08:51PM   
from the have-to-start-somewhere dept.

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Verizon's new 5G coverage maps show just how sparse the network is

Verizon has continually touted its rollout of 5G as it reaches more cities with the latest cellular technology, but new coverage maps confirm what consumers have experienced: Verizon's 5G network is only sparsely deployed even in major cities.

You can check out Verizon's new coverage maps that show 5G mobile deployment in 18 cities on the Verizon website, and we'll show you some highlights in this article. In many of the maps, you'll see one or two densely populated areas covered by 5G, with just small pockets of 5G scattered throughout the surrounding streets. You'll also see a lot of areas where there is 5G on each street but not between each street, suggesting that Verizon 5G doesn't penetrate indoors.

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• HSPA+ forever HSPA+ forever (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 23 2019, @10:18PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 23 2019, @10:18PM (#923979)

  Nobody needs 4G.

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• Re:HSPA+ forever (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Sunday November 24 2019, @02:02PM

  by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Sunday November 24 2019, @02:02PM (#924163) Homepage

  There's some truth to that. As long as you can stream a vid, you don't need much higher bandwidth, and HSDPA has enough bandwidth for that.

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