5G really the future?

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dewalddee

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So why isn't rain 5G working when theres wind or rain. Even slight rain or wind and it completely stops working. Isn't 5G supposed to be an improvement on 4G? When theres wind or rain i switch over to my vodacom 4G and it works perfectly, even in storms. If i see rain is coming i switch all my devices over to my vodacom 4G.

I really can't wait for them to finish fibre in my complex.

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I don't see the issue? Everyone knows Fibre is better. 5G is however possibly more widely available?
 
Hi @dewalddee

Remember that 5G is cutting edge technology so there are still a lot more things that we still working on. So with that said there's a ton of room for improvement on 5G whereas with 4G it's reached its peak, in my opinion.
 
dewalddee said:
So why isn't rain 5G working when theres wind or rain. Even slight rain or wind and it completely stops working. Isn't 5G supposed to be an improvement on 4G? When theres wind or rain i switch over to my vodacom 4G and it works perfectly, even in storms. If i see rain is coming i switch all my devices over to my vodacom 4G.

I really can't wait for them to finish fibre in my complex.

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Your 5G shouldn't be cutting out in the rain or wind. The only impact wind could have is shaking the antennas but that should do very little to interfere with the signal if the towers are relatively rigid - they obviously should not be zipping all over the place in heavy wind. I believe Rain 5G runs at around 3.6Ghz. I've never had my 5G cut off in a storm or with any level of rain or hail. I'm not 100% sure what it takes to stop a relatively high powered 3.6Ghz wave but in my experience, it's a fair bit more than rain. The issue certainly isn't with 5G itself, but is rather related to some sort of installation context
 
xxxphantomslayerxxx said:
Your 5G shouldn't be cutting out in the rain or wind. The only impact wind could have is shaking the antennas but that should do very little to interfere with the signal if the towers are relatively rigid - they obviously should not be zipping all over the place in heavy wind. I believe Rain 5G runs at around 3.6Ghz. I've never had my 5G cut off in a storm or with any level of rain or hail. I'm not 100% sure what it takes to stop a relatively high powered 3.6Ghz wave but in my experience, it's a fair bit more than rain. The issue certainly isn't with 5G itself, but is rather related to some sort of installation context
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Hi, yes we use the 3.6Ghz band and bad weather does deteriorate service, that's just the way wireless works. The further away you are from the base station the more you are impacted, the higher the frequency the more sensitive it is. The bigger problem for us in Gauteng is the power losses experienced during bad storms like today. We are starting to add batteries to several sites in the next two weeks and hope that this improves our overall availability KPIs. So the issue is certainly not with the installation, its mostly environmental and the pure nature of wireless communication.
 
It doesn't really make sense for it to lose connection from a light breeze if it isn't installation related (possibly cabling etc). If wireless signals were lost with slight movement (like light wind), we'd never have wireless connectivity.
 
Weather definitely has an impact on wireless signals, that's a given. It just doesn't make much sense for a slight breeze to knock out a 5G connection unless you're so close to the edge of coverage that the service is somewhat useless - we are speaking about 3.6Ghz here, not 28Ghz mm waves
 
xxxphantomslayerxxx said:
Weather definitely has an impact on wireless signals, that's a given. It just doesn't make much sense for a slight breeze to knock out a 5G connection unless you're so close to the edge of coverage that the service is somewhat useless - we are speaking about 3.6Ghz here, not 28Ghz mm waves
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Im 0.6km from 2 towers, with a clear view of both. The 5G router is mounted on my roof.

I normally get 200 to 300mbps down and 50 up.

As soon as it starts raining or wind builds up, my ping jumps to 200, my download speed to around 5mbps and upload less than 1mbps.
 
dewalddee said:
Im 0.6km from 2 towers, with a clear view of both. The 5G router is mounted on my roof.

I normally get 200 to 300mbps down and 50 up.

As soon as it starts raining or wind builds up, my ping jumps to 200, my download speed to around 5mbps and upload less than 1mbps.
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Hi there @dewalddee could you please PM me with the email address that is linked to your rain account, and let me take a deeper look into this issue for you.
 
Loads of rain etc here where i tested my 5G in senderwood... Speeds are fine even just after the 7pm network rush

at most my ping has gone from 10ms to 30ms now

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