Technology

Eh, if the network is in place, it's great. Better speeds, more stable connections (for me anyway), and that's definitely something 4g lacked overall.

The problem is that 5g hasn't reached saturation where you can guarantee it everywhere, and downtime away from cities can be longer than on previous network standards.

It is difficult to quantify stability as an end user though. I can only be certain about my experience, and that of people I have enough contact with to experience their use of their connection. That's a very small amount of sampling.

That being said, 5g has been miles better for me. I can't remember the last time it was down, and we're in the boonies relatively speaking. Small town, house on the edge of town. Back before 5g got rolled out, data was useless here at home, and only slightly better in town as a whole. Same at my best friend's house in the city, and in other towns with family.

Now? I can stream whatever I want over data with no issues. That's a massive improvement.

Now, how much of that was just them actually implementing 5g well and the 4g having been done shitty? No clue. But considering the multiple places I've used my data plan, and what others I trust to not be idiots have said, it is probably the 5g just being better as a technology.