JDX asked:
JDX asked:
"given 4G is often already faster than home internet, what is the use-case"
Use case is where your assumption that 4G gives good speeds falls down.
In many areas, 4G can't cope with the number of people using each cell.
Multiple new technologies in 5G enable massively more people to connect while also giving each of them greater bandwidth.
Households or businesses may also be able to provide more effective WiFi access to devices without needing the router plugged into a phone line... ideal for places where getting landline internet is not possible, slow or unreliable and the existing 4G network won't provide sufficient bandwidth.
Basically, for many people, 5G may give a usable connection when previously they had a slow and unreliable one (or no connection at all).
The other side of 5G is the low power IoT stuff that it'll enable. Use cases are legion, though most of it will be about saving costs and increasing flexibility (eg no connecting to mains needed, or lower maintenance compared to existing battery powered stuff... think car park machines, weather stations).
Think of it as mainly an evolutionary, not revolutionary, technology.
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