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And there are a bunch of plans that are 4G only anyways.
The ones with 5G also cost a lot more.
What is the "ones" that you are referring to?
Are there plans that differenciate between 4g and 5g?
Or do you mean phones, or towers/infrastructure?
Because both the modems in phones and the infrastructure goes down as their production is scaled up. I don't think there's any new mainstream modem chipsets that don't support 5g anymore.
Yes, most of the pre-paid carriers I have checked have more expensive 5g plans. I am with aldi mobile which does.
I was talking about plans, so I meant the plans with 5G will usually cost more.
Cheapy plans/providers are usually 4G only. But with the relatively short range for 5g, unless heaps of 5g towers/access points are added, a lot of people won't notice any difference except maybe battery drain.
Maybe the Telcos will add 5g access points to all their customers routers. Maybe the NBN could add it to their modems. There's been talk about adding it to power poles and street lights lol. Of course, anything out of a town or city will be pretty unlikely to get 5g.