Verizon argues its 4G network is twice as fast as T-Mobile US 5G network. The larger issue, marketing wars aside, is that it remains unclear at the moment how much value consumer users actually obtain from the fastest 5G services that will be available.
With a few possible exceptions, 5G is overkill for most consumers, at the moment. That will change as mobile demand keeps climbing, especially in high traffic areas where particular mobile service providers have capacity constraints.
In those instances, 5G will act functionally as does Wi-Fi, offloading traffic from 4G to another network with less congestion. The advantage then will not necessarily be new use cases but quality of experience for the existing use cases.
With a few possible exceptions, 5G is overkill for most consumers, at the moment. That will change as mobile demand keeps climbing, especially in high traffic areas where particular mobile service providers have capacity constraints.
In those instances, 5G will act functionally as does Wi-Fi, offloading traffic from 4G to another network with less congestion. The advantage then will not necessarily be new use cases but quality of experience for the existing use cases.
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