Anybody know when we will be able to get hold of 5G dongles etc? Just looking at new phone/broadband packages for 18 and 24 months and thinking it might just be easier to dump the landlines and stick with mobiles then putting 5G dongles in the farmhouse etc. I know EE have rolled it out in London but I can’t find any info regarding rural areas?
5G in rural areas
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Exfarmer
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- Bury St Edmunds
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- Hammerwich
We have it around the Birmingham area, but no idea on roll out times. I can;t get 4g half the time I'm visiting customers in rural areas. So I'll say 5 years.
Lincs Lass
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- north lincs
Loads of Lincolnshire's rural villages are complete dead spots for any type reception ,,If you can 3 g its a good day ,4 is a bonus ,,,5 has no chance
- Location
- Northumberland
From what I`ve read 5G differs from 3 / 4G
Stick a 4G mast on a hill top & it probably covers a 5 mile radius.
Because of the frequencies 5G operates on it is high speed / lower range so the 4G solution does not give coverage.
It needs lots of "nodes" covering small areas.
Which would suggest it is not ideal in rural areas
Someone with more knowledge than me will probly be along shortly
@Pheasant Surprise ?
Stick a 4G mast on a hill top & it probably covers a 5 mile radius.
Because of the frequencies 5G operates on it is high speed / lower range so the 4G solution does not give coverage.
It needs lots of "nodes" covering small areas.
Which would suggest it is not ideal in rural areas
Someone with more knowledge than me will probly be along shortly
@Pheasant Surprise ?
Farfrae
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- Pontargothi, Carmarthenshire
I'm 8.5 miles from the nearest mast and can usually get over 50 Mb/s on 4G as opposed to 1 Mb/s down the phone line.
A £20 a month card from Three for unlimited data (and calls when I pop the card in a phone) and I save £8.00 on my landline rental when the existing BT Internet contract expires shortly.
5G, having a shorter wavelength, will not travel as far so I suspect if 5G is deployed in Rural areas it will be at the very bottom end of the frequency spectrum. Don't hold your breath; it's sales hype at present.
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- East Sussex
Won’t happen. In rural areas you’ll be waiting for new tech that can go the distance.
Hindsight
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- Lincolnshire
Pheasant Surprise
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- Woodbridge, Suffolk
There’s two main frequency bands that will be used around the world for 5G. The first is below 6 GHz. The second is between 20 to 60 GHz.
As of now in the UK, Ofcom have sold 5G spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band to all the big boys. I believe that Vodafone got the largest slice of the action.
As of right now, Vodafone will sell you a GigaCube 5G with unlimited use for £50 on an 18 month contract or £350 up front for a 30 day rolling agreement. Your postcode has to have at least 4G coverage before they’ll sell you one.
There is only spotty 5G coverage right now in the biggest cities.
You will be waiting a lot longer, probably around 2 years before it goes much farther. Speed of deployment depends very much on takeup. The carriers almost bankrupted themselves with the 3G auctions nigh on twenty years ago. They won’t repeat the same mistake with 5G and the rollout too will be slower and more difficult.
As of now in the UK, Ofcom have sold 5G spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band to all the big boys. I believe that Vodafone got the largest slice of the action.
As of right now, Vodafone will sell you a GigaCube 5G with unlimited use for £50 on an 18 month contract or £350 up front for a 30 day rolling agreement. Your postcode has to have at least 4G coverage before they’ll sell you one.
There is only spotty 5G coverage right now in the biggest cities.
You will be waiting a lot longer, probably around 2 years before it goes much farther. Speed of deployment depends very much on takeup. The carriers almost bankrupted themselves with the 3G auctions nigh on twenty years ago. They won’t repeat the same mistake with 5G and the rollout too will be slower and more difficult.
Zetor
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- Northumberland
1g would be handy, there’s villages up here with no signal at all!
I have to go to the Pub 3 times a day to get signal on my current site, it’s hell!!
I have to go to the Pub 3 times a day to get signal on my current site, it’s hell!!
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
A pox on the feckin lot of them!
- Location
- Devon
Same in Devon.
Struggle for a signal for a voice call round here.
Pheasant Surprise
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- Woodbridge, Suffolk
UK mobile spectrum allocations below.
The 5G spectrum is shown in the oval lasso @ 3.5 GHz, with how much slice of the action each operator has.
The 5G spectrum is shown in the oval lasso @ 3.5 GHz, with how much slice of the action each operator has.
As I said to the Voda salesman trying to get me to spend more money..., "4G? I'll be bloody happy if we could make a 2G phone call...." He didn't seem to understand
cider_eater
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- north of Lands End
With no land line how reliable is alternative such as mobil for the computers?.
Pheasant Surprise
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- Woodbridge, Suffolk
Completely reliable. It’s mostly down to the antenna. External antenna will give you the most reliable connection. If you’re a long way from the mast get a directional Yagi style or directional panel antenna.
Failing that just call Solwise and the helpful chaps will sort you out.
cider_eater
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- north of Lands End
Ah
Thanks for that Ph.
Thanks for that Ph.
Pheasant Surprise
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- Woodbridge, Suffolk
4G is indeed very reliable.
My 4G service from EE did stellar service as the sole broadband for almost 6 years from early 2014 until my FTTP went live a month or two ago. It carried our landline voice as voip and also backhauled our mobile voice Suresignal traffic.
I still keep it as a backup, as I reckon it won’t take much for a tree branch to mince our aerial fiber connection as it’s spans about 35 poles on its way here.
Although fibre has been great, I’ve got little faith in the speed of repair from opensheep
My 4G service from EE did stellar service as the sole broadband for almost 6 years from early 2014 until my FTTP went live a month or two ago. It carried our landline voice as voip and also backhauled our mobile voice Suresignal traffic.
I still keep it as a backup, as I reckon it won’t take much for a tree branch to mince our aerial fiber connection as it’s spans about 35 poles on its way here.
Although fibre has been great, I’ve got little faith in the speed of repair from opensheep