{"video_id":"4PLhxYIDwJs","title":"The PROBLEM with 5G mmW...","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2020-05-05T14:53:29Z","duration_s":389,"segments":[{"start_s":0.16,"end_s":7.919,"text":"with higher speeds and lower latency than 4g lte 5g promises to be better for","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":5.6,"end_s":12.48,"text":"basically every mobile application whether it's watching hd video on the go","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":10.719,"end_s":16.96,"text":"getting critical real-time data to autonomous vehicles or just gaming while","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":15.36,"end_s":22.16,"text":"you're out and about without annoying lag but there's a catch so t-mobile","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":20.0,"end_s":26.8,"text":"reached out to sponsor a video where we're gonna talk about some of the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":24.0,"end_s":31.679,"text":"obstacles getting in the way of certain 5g 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and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":374.96,"end_s":381.199,"text":"thanks to their low band towers it'll even work","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":379.039,"end_s":384.0,"text":"indoors to learn more about what t-mobile's doing in the 5g space guys","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":383.039,"end_s":389.84,"text":"check out the link in the video description thanks to t-mobile for sponsoring this video and thanks you","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":386.96,"end_s":389.84,"text":"guys for watching it","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"with higher speeds and lower latency than 4g lte 5g promises to be better for basically every mobile application whether it's watching hd video on the go getting critical real-time data to autonomous vehicles or just gaming while you're out and about without annoying lag but there's a catch so t-mobile reached out to sponsor a video where we're gonna talk about some of the obstacles getting in the way of certain 5g deployments because when you hear about 5g being as fast or maybe even faster than your home internet connection that's actually well true 5g has been clocked at speeds in excess of one gigabit per second in the real world but in order to hit those speeds 5g relies on a segment of the wireless spectrum called millimeter wave it can also be blocked by pretty much anything think of the 2.4 gigahertz and 5 gigahertz bands on your home wi-fi access point they're both using the same generation of antenna and chipset technology but depending on which one you select they can have vastly different performance characteristics so if you're in the same room as your hotspot your five gigahertz is going to be way faster but by the time you go a couple rooms over on the other side of a concrete wall where your 2.4 gigahertz is still limping along you're probably lucky to have any 5 gigahertz signal at all so back to cellular then the principle is basically the same 5g is just a term that describes the latest generation of cellular transmission and receiving equipment so t-mobile equipped us with a device from one of their competitors and challenged us to see just how easy it is to drop a millimeter wave 5g connection all right so we found a wild 5g hotspot in bryant park we're going to go ahead and do a quick speed test here uh we've got line of sight to it on the top of that building and we are getting some pretty rocking download speeds here guys check this out 800 megabit per second this is working basically exactly as we'd expect millimeter wave 5g to work it's super super fast but that's also in very close proximity to the tower and with no obstruction let's try another test with just myself myself in between not bad now that's faster than 4g but we did knock off over 150 megabit per second the thing though is that in this case i was even able to keep my 5g connection the problem is that even the smallest obstacles if they're larger than this or if you don't have a convenient surface for the signal to bounce off of can utterly block your millimeter wave 5g and drop you right back down to 4g lte so let's go try out a bunch of different scenarios where ultimately 5g can be easily blocked by the most innocuous things yesterday we had a 5g signal here when Colton was checking and now there's none i need a 5g6 dying oh my god where is it still nothing this is a terrible terrible early adopter experience come on 5g oh i got it i got it boom there it is see that okay you ready now follow me back over da da da da and it's gone it's myself maybe if i move out from the sidewalk a bit oh my god i had a 5g signal dennis you ruined everything you got to be kidding me how to drop your millimeter wave only 5g connection uh excuse me sir can you yeah thanks gotta get my 5g here how to block your millimeter wave only 5g connection just move under an umbrella it's gone just like that it's just gone no more 5g you want your 5g back you got it you got to get out from under the umbrella sorry guys and give it a hot minute maybe turn your data back on and off there you go all right it's great it's good experience and it's gone and it's gone 4g and there it goes it's gone how easy is it to drop a millimeter wave only 5g connection well you don't even have to make it all the way into the subway let's see how many steps this takes one two three four five six seven and we're done we're done bud all right all right so you guys get the point now it's time to answer the question that surely everyone has on their mind right now what exactly is t-mobile doing sponsoring videos about how millimeter wave 5g has terrible terrible reception issues isn't t-mobile also planning to deploy millimeter wave 5g because yes yes in fact they are i mean when i first talked to them about this i was like i'm sorry what well as it turns out they're planning a very different 5g strategy compared to some of their competitors the goal is to use a combination of the low and high band frequencies that they already own along with the mid band frequencies that they're hoping to acquire through the sprint merger in early 2020 in order to hit that perfect trifecta of both high speeds and great coverage and they're doing it now t-mobile's 5g network is rolling out in over 5 000 u.s cities and thanks to their low band towers it'll even work indoors to learn more about what t-mobile's doing in the 5g space guys check out the link in the video description thanks to t-mobile for sponsoring this video and thanks you guys for watching it"}