The race to 5G is over — now it’s time to pay the bill | Networks spent years telling us that 5G would change everything. But the flashiest use cases are nowhere to be found — and the race to deplo...

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The race to 5G is over — now it’s time to pay the bill
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The race to 5G is over — now it’s time to pay the bill | Networks spent years telling us that 5G would change everything. But the flashiest use cases are nowhere to be found — and the race to deplo...::AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile’s race to deploy 5G has failed to realize its flashiest outcomes while saddling carriers with debt and removing a competitor from the market.

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LOL, I pay 20 $ equivalent in India for a year with 500gb + cellular data on 4G and unlimited calls and SMS .

Internet prices are fucked up in west.

India is 1.4 billion people. Canada has 33 millions spreaded in a much most vast area than India.

Russia has very low population density, too, yet I pay 10$/mo for unmetered 4G Internet and calls, and that's after dramatic price spikes that raised prices from 6$/mo a year and a half prior.

You know that statistic is bullshit just looking at profit reports from Canada's telcos right?

It's not that.

Australia has a similar population density and land size to Canada, yet our speeds are faster and our costs lower than Canada.