5G INFO

[22BRGUY]

I am being offered Home 5G Internet service for $50 per month with a price lock guarantee to never be increased.
I am not a computer geek nor do I even know the benefits or disadvantages of 5G.
I have read that there may be health concerns related to 5G radiation.
Any info appreciated.

 

[LHSmith]

I am being offered Home 5G Internet service for $50 per month with a price lock guarantee to never be increased.
I am not a computer geek nor do I even know the benefits or disadvantages of 5G.
I have read that there may be health concerns related to 5G radiation.
Any info appreciated.

For some reason the radiation issue is only a concern if you live in Calif. I believe 3G and 4G are or will be made obsolete so your choices are rather slim.

 

[22BRGUY]

For some reason the radiation issue is only a concern if you live in Calif. I believe 3G and 4G are or will be made obsolete so your choices are rather slim.

Thanks and yes I'm sensing that.

 

[gdbleb]

It depends on what level of service & cost you have currently vs. what this new provider will deliver. Presumably you now have either cable or fiber to the home. This new offering is what is called "fixed wireless". There should be lots of competition in this arena going forward from all the cellular wireless providers. This technology rollout is just getting started despite what the BS advertising said. There are 3 "flavors" of 5G with different bandwidth capacities and signal limitations. I would ask around to see of neighbors have switched and if they are happy. That's the simple approach.

 

[KMart]

I have AT&T internet and cell phones. My phones are the cheap flip phones, no texting no internet.
When they were upgrading to 5G, they kept offering me a "great deal" to upgrade. There came a point where they were going to upgrade to 5G, period. To keep me as a customer, they then offered me new phones for free, only a $9 charge to ship each phone. The new phone is only a 4G, but that is ok with me. They work.

For a long period of time they kept making me a great price for fiber optics installation for my computer. I was using phone lines at the time. When the time came that they were going to drop the phone lines and just go fiber optics, they scheduled an appointment to connect the fiber optics for FREE.

When the time comes that they have to make the switch to 5G, it will be really cheap for you.

 

[FNSafari]

For some reason the radiation issue is only a concern if you live in Calif. I believe 3G and 4G are or will be made obsolete so your choices are rather slim.

Everything is a concern to California

 

[Fuj]

I've been using T-Mobile's 5G gateway for about a year and a half
for 50 bucks a month. I do hit periods during the work day that it
slows down. I then can do a tower search to find a faster server.
My old cable was lucky to give me enough speed to watch tube
videos. With the WIFI and being only 2 miles away from a tower
I'm generally over 300 mbs. It's nice to stream a movie in the blink
of an eye. TV is hardly on anymore.....I did have an initial problem
with heat. They run hot. My first one after about a month started
to kick out too often. I put a quiet USB fan on top to pull air thru
it, and it's been good so far......Just seen an advertisement for Infinity
claiming they will be offering 10G if you can believe that. i was going
to go with Infinity early on but they could not provide service in my
area. Also looked at Elon Musks Star lInk system but it's huge money.

As for radiation ?? The main unit is 6 ft away in a window. Much safer
I would imagine over a cell phone next to your head. I'll quarantee
you that something else will be my demise, like this glass of Rye I'm
sipping on.....

 

[Forum Boss]

5G does potentially make life easier, but I prefer a hard wire into the house.

I was able to get AT&T Fiber installed in house for free. Rate is $55/mo but no price lock guarantee.
Speed is insane -- 550 mbps+ download, 300 mbps upload.

The coverage from the one node inside the house is far better than with my previous WiFi hosts.

I did have to put a 4" antenna on my office computer but that is 80' from the node separated by multiple walls. Previously I had to run an extender.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

If youre worried about 5g radiation, getting internet or not doesnt really matter. Its still coming in on you whether you pay for it or not. Its like a cell signal and you not paying for a cell phone. The radiation is free

 

[cmysix]

It’s like a cell phone, if you’re hitting three towers, it’s really good not hitting three, not so much. It’s great for the wireless co, BAM! No wires to run.

 

[Jdne5b]

I have T-Mobile home internet. It was really good at first, then all the neighbors also figured out it was better than the Centurylink DSL only other option we have. It’s slowed down some but still good enough to stream whatever we want to watch and both work from home.

Supposed to get fiber in 2023, we will likely switch when it comes.

 

[Fuj]

I have T-Mobile home internet. It was really good at first, then all the neighbors also figured out it was better than the Centurylink DSL only other option we have. It’s slowed down some but still good enough to stream whatever we want to watch and both work from home.

Supposed to get fiber in 2023, we will likely switch when it comes.

Yeah, T-mobile irks me sometimes but for the money I was paying
cable with low band width all the time, I needed a change. Velocity
Net here in Erie installed a fiber system just a couple of years ago.
My neighbor was just connected since they finally strung the new
cable up in my area. It was not available for me when I went T-Mobile.
It's around $60 bucks for 300mbs then plans escalate to get higher
speeds.

 

[sqrlgtr]

I have AT&T internet and cell phones. My phones are the cheap flip phones, no texting no internet.
When they were upgrading to 5G, they kept offering me a "great deal" to upgrade. There came a point where they were going to upgrade to 5G, period. To keep me as a customer, they then offered me new phones for free, only a $9 charge to ship each phone. The new phone is only a 4G, but that is ok with me. They work.

For a long period of time they kept making me a great price for fiber optics installation for my computer. I was using phone lines at the time. When the time came that they were going to drop the phone lines and just go fiber optics, they scheduled an appointment to connect the fiber optics for FREE.

When the time comes that they have to make the switch to 5G, it will be really cheap for you.

AT&T nor their offspring Direct tv will ever get a penny of my money, ever.....Look into there censorship of Newsmax and their left wing position on things ...

 

[rijndael]

I'm going to preface this with I don't buy in to to the radiation risks of 5G.

Its still coming in on you whether you pay for it or not. Its like a cell signal and you not paying for a cell phone. The radiation is free

Yes, but only sort of. The radiation level, which would be signal strength in this case, drops off at a rate that's the inverse of the square of the distance. It's called the inverse square law. So, the phone in your shirt pocket, 1" from your heart, would not have the same impact as your neighbors phone who's 100 yards from you.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I'm going to preface this with I don't buy in to to the radiation risks of 5G.



Yes, but only sort of. The radiation level, which would be signal strength in this case, drops off at a rate that's the inverse of the square of the distance. It's called the inverse square law. So, the phone in your shirt pocket, 1" from your heart, would not have the same impact as your neighbors phone who's 100 yards from you.

5g frequency is so much higher it doesnt travel near as far as 4g and older. They have to put those little antennas up everywhere. Its way different than the big huge towers, theyll put 5g on every power pole. They are doing what they call small cell 5g these days because of the limited range. Keep an eye out for one near you!!

 

[Ray123]

Yep, the 5G radiation is free of charge...emitted from every cell tower...and your phone and routers. But the distance you are away from it is very important...keep your phone away from your head away from your nightstand. Move your location away from the cell towers, the closer your location is the more radiation you get, doubling with the distance. Get an EMF blanket, speaker phone, keep away from the head, turn phone on airplane mode stops radiation.
Or move way out to the country where there is no cell reception or cell towers, and no smart devices. Go to small remote towns where 5G isn't present...yet..to buy groceries there...write letters again, mail order your bullets.
But the WHO says it's OK, 5G does Not have a significant health risk....so you now know you have absolutely Nothing to worry about...probably time to worry,... just a little.

 

[SteveOak]

Yes, the 5G radiation coming from the towers is there whether you subscribe to their service or not but it is very low power, however, if you do subscribe your system will be transmitting from your house to the tower so a much closer and source and therefor a much higher level.

That being said, this is non-ionizing radiation and is not harmful. Ionizing radiation, Gamma rays, X-Rays, are harmful to humans in higher or accumulated doses.

The concerns about 5G for aircraft was interference with RadAlt, altimeters

 

[c3d4b2]

Happy Reading..... (Left out the CDC and WHO references as there is some resent disagreements on their credibility).

Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) Radiation - Standards | Occupational Safety and Health Administration

www.osha.gov

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Publishes consensus standards on radio frequency (RF) exposures and measurements. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Standards Coordinating Committee 28 is the secretariat for ANSI for developing radio frequency (RF) standards. It is also the parent organization for the IEEE Committee on Man and Radiation (COMAR) that publishes position papers on human exposure to electromagnetic fields.

• C95.6, Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields, 0-3 kHz. Defines exposure levels to protect against adverse effects in humans from exposure to electric and magnetic fields at frequencies from 0 to 3 kHz.
• EPRI Comments on the IEEE Standard for Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields, 0 to 3 kHz. Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), (January 2003). EPRI comments that the IEEE Standard represents a clear advancement in the development and documentation of exposure guidelines in the designated frequency range.

American Conference of Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH)

• Documentation of the Threshold Limit Values for Physical Agents, 7th Ed. Provides consensus exposure limits from the Organization of Governmental Industrial Hygienists for Sub-Radio frequency (30kHz and below) and Static Electric and Magnetic Fields.

International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) Guidelines

• Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Electric Fields Induced by Movement of the Human Body in a Static Magnetic Field and by Time-Varying Magnetic Fields Below 1 Hz. (2014). Establishes guidelines for the protection of workers moving in static magnetic fields or being exposed to magnetic fields with frequencies below 1 Hz. The ICNIRP is an affiliate of the World Health Organization (WHO).

 

[PhilC]

I have T-Mobile home internet. It was really good at first, then all the neighbors also figured out it was better than the Centurylink DSL only other option we have. It’s slowed down some but still good enough to stream whatever we want to watch and both work from home.

Live 3mi from town and there's no fiber outside of town. The buried cable runs across my property to a junction box 30' away from our mailbox.

Have had Centurytel (now Centurylink) DSL since December 2000 and the original 512kbs works good enough for our needs. Wife's cell is on our son's plan and my 4G flip phone sits on my dresser, turned off, unless/until I want to use it. Anyone who wants to talk to me knows to call our landline.

 

[USMCDOC]

5G does potentially make life easier, but I prefer a hard wire into the house.

I was able to get AT&T Fiber installed in house for free. Rate is $55/mo but no price lock guarantee.
Speed is insane -- 550 mbps+ download, 300 mbps upload.

The coverage from the one node inside the house is far better than with my previous WiFi hosts.

I did have to put a 4" antenna on my office computer but that is 80' from the node separated by multiple walls. Previously I had to run an extender.

5g reception has actually gotten worse in my area.. from 4G.. 5G is a City thing, not a country thing