Why Rain's 5G will not be a repeat of its fixed-LTE

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Why Rain's 5G will not be a repeat of its fixed-LTE

Rain’s uncapped 5G service is currently a hot prospect in the local broadband market, offering uncapped connectivity for R1,000 per month.

Rain said 5G users can receive download speeds of up to 700Mbps and that it is a great alternative to fibre – making South Africans in coverage areas take notice.
 
"5G certainly holds the promise to provide great value, [and] unlimited offerings to homes and businesses,” concluded Rain. "

We wait and see..
.similar promises and hopes were expressed for LTE/A and we all know how many users found the connection and speeds anything but valuable.
 
The fact that each installation has to pass certain hurdles and speed minimums to be authorized is in itself a reason why Rain will be able to better control the uptake and rollout of their 5G product.

Also, 5G has a much shorter range and coverage, so by nature, less people per square kilometre or per tower will mean better speeds too.

But I doubt people will consistently receive multi-hundred Megabits per second as the user base grows, especially at peak times.
 
It isn't possible to fight physics. I would like to see their numbers for total bandwidth per tower, number of users per tower and efficiency assumptions.

Testing wireless products are worthless at initial launch as the towers are not under load yet. We'll need to see what happens if we have multiple users streaming 4K.
 
Johand said:
It isn't possible to fight physics. I would like to see their numbers for total bandwidth per tower, number of users per tower and efficiency assumptions.

Testing wireless products are worthless at initial launch as the towers are not under load yet. We'll need to see what happens if we have multiple users streaming 4K.
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That's common sense
 
I have to say 5G is the first technology that has delivered. 3G promised 384kbps yet all you got was dial-up. hspa promised 10mbps but delivered 1mbps. LTE should have been 100mbps but gave less than 10mbps.

5G for some reason has stayed on track. Couple this with Rain's huge chunk of spectrum and we may have a winner.
 
Let's not forget that this is the same company who started with a premium product (capped fixed LTE) and then subsidized a cheaper product ruining the experience of those on the premium product as a result.

Right now all is peachy as it was when 4G launched, given enough time these idiots will find a way to ruin it.
 
MirageF1 said:
Or unrealistic expectations to the uninitiated.
End of.
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I think its the same as people having unrealistic expectations with 4G.
5g.co.uk

How fast is 5G - 5G speeds and performance

5G will eventually deliver speeds far beyond anything that has come before. Download speeds will be up to 1000 times faster than 4G, while latency will be reduced to under 1ms.
5g.co.uk 5g.co.uk
This site sums it up best. The highest theoretical speed for 4G was 300mbps which no one will ever see.
5G the highest theoretical is 50gbps, but the peak speed is 600+mbps

Also, if you type in "how fast is 5G" into google, it states
5G speeds will range from ~50 Mbit/s to over a gigabit. Mid-band 5G, by far the most common, will usually deliver between 100 & 400 Mbit/s. Low-band will be slower.
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BradleyKZN said:
I think its the same as people having unrealistic expectations with 4G.
5g.co.uk

How fast is 5G - 5G speeds and performance

5G will eventually deliver speeds far beyond anything that has come before. Download speeds will be up to 1000 times faster than 4G, while latency will be reduced to under 1ms.
5g.co.uk 5g.co.uk
This site sums it up best. The highest theoretical speed for 4G was 300mbps which no one will ever see.
5G the highest theoretical is 50gbps, but the peak speed is 600+mbps

Also, if you type in "how fast is 5G" into google, it states
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Now go tell that to all the minions clamouring for 4k streams and whatnot.

Good luck, I've been saying that for years.
 
MirageF1 said:
Now go tell that to all the minions clamouring for 4k streams and whatnot.
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Nooooo, i'll leave that to the people that told them that nonsense :ROFL:
Already tired of explaining to people that rains current 5G isnt the one that fries brains :ROFL:
 
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