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5G really only works well in dense/populated areas. In central Colorado I'm lucky to get 4G LTE in town, and usually expect 3G. Most areas in the US west (Utah, Wyoming, etc) don't have any service. It's very different if you're way out.

If you have 4G or better, I'm not sure. Here's a map of 5G from ATT in Colorado: https://www.cellmapper.net/map?MCC=310&MNC=410&type=NR&latit...




> dense/populated areas Not even that. Verizon is so congested in a lot of areas that you can have a very strong signal but literally data just doesn't work.


ya cell service is pretty bad. I go play soccer t the same fields I bring my kids to. When its adult games I get great speeds. When its practice for my kids and all the adults are on their phones watching youtube, I get such bad speeds at the same location




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