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for the past few years we've all been watching 5G roll out for our phones but

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did you know it can also replace your entire home internet connection without

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all the messy wires okay I'm interested but can what

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is essentially a glorified cell phone connection really replace cable or even

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fiber well it depends wireless internet

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to the home certainly isn't new but 5G offers advantages previous Technologies

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don't satellite internet often has limited speeds in high latency making it

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generally unsuitable for real-time applications like gaming and although

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satellite internet constellation services like starlink try to solve

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these problems your mileage may vary there are also Wireless isps or wisps

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that commonly use different frequencies than 5G to beam internet signals from

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access points on Towers or buildings to home modems with antennas attached while

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these kinds of connections typically don't have latency issues as severe as

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satellite links you use usually need a clear line of sight between the access

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point and the home antenna as those signals tend to be beamed in One

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Direction modern 5G home internet aims

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to provide higher speeds and more acceptable latency without needing a

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clear line of sight think about how you can often get a 5G connection on your

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phone just fine indoors for example and

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whereas satellite internet and wisps are usually targeted at folks in underserved

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rural areas that might not have adequate options for wired internet service 5G is

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trying to make inroads even in areas where consumers could easily get cable

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or Fiber but what exactly is the appeal

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well a big one is convenience if you don't already have cable or Fiber lines

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running to your house you don't have to wait around for a technician to come and

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do an install between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. and even for people

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who do have cable and fiber connections ready to go you aren't tied to wherever

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that cable or Ethernet Jack is when it comes to modem placement just plug in

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the 5G receiver anywhere you have a power socket and if your signal isn't

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great pick it up plug it in somewhere else another possible Advantage is cost

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although this aspect is going to vary quite a bit depending on which providers

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are in your area and exactly what they charge it's possible to get more than

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adequate speed for less money than a wired connection especially if you're

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using the same provider you get your phone service from and snag a bundle

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discount but this doesn't mean you should run out of buy a 5G home

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connection right now as there are certainly a number of potential pitfalls

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start with the most obvious thing to consider here you need a good 5G signal

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in your house and even if you have that 5G speeds simply aren't high enough

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everywhere to compete with cable or Fiber if you're in the market and you

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already have a 5G phone one strategy is to run a speed test on your phone to get

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some kind of rough idea of the performance you'll get on home 5G but

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you won't know for sure until you get your 5G modem up and running speaking of

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performance you might see bigger swings in speed and latency than you would on a

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wired connection due to the less consistent nature of Wireless signals

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and variable loads on the network unfortunately this is really a try it

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and see kind of problem some folks have had no problems gaming on 5 home

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connections While others have had latency swings that have resulted in

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serious hiccups during gameplay and while these issues are certainly

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possible with wired connections you'll be more susceptible to them with 5G

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generally speaking also you really need to be aware of exactly what you're

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signing up for a while back we did another video explaining that there are

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several different flavors of 5G from the ultra fast but very short range

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millimeter wave to low band 5G that's not that different from 4G LTE

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performance performance and unfortunately some of the faster versions of 5G don't penetrate through

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walls as well as 4G if you're in doubt about exactly what kind of 5G technology

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and ISP you're considering offers be sure to ask especially as some providers

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that advertise 5G will often fall back to a 4G LTE connection if the actual 5G

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connection reaching your home is in a bad mood but also remember that a lower

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band connection can actually give you better signal strength in fact low band

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5G around 700 MHz is often marketed as

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rural Broadband with reliability as a big selling point but speaking of low

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band connections a good number of network operators that advertise 5G home

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internet still use a 4G backbone after

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the signal gets to the tower so keep in mind that both speed and latency may

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suffer as a result finally don't forget

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about upload speeds if you're fortunate enough to have an ISP in your area

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offering fiber they'll usually offer upload speeds that are just as fast as

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download speeds but as is the case with most home cable connections you might be

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hard pressed to get super Gody upload speeds with 5G home internet but all of

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this said if you're in an area with good 5G coverage aren't super worried about

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online gaming performance or other latency sensitive applications like

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video conferencing and you can stand to save a few bucks 5G home internet might

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just be worth looking into especially as latency doesn't matter as much if you're

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just trying trying to download large files or watch YouTube as long as you

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wear your tinfoil night cap to bed just joking but I'm not joking when

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I say thank you for watching hey like

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