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That's actually kind of what happened...
The threshold for a new generation is something that was supposed to be standardized long ago.
But cell companies couldn't develop it as fast as they wanted to sell new phones.
That's why there was a bunch of 4Gs, and then they all agreed to call something 5g when it didn't meet the thresholds for a new generation.
There's still a huge increase in speed for early adopters, but only because the new one isn't full of people yet.
So everyone is tricked into thinking the upgrade is worth it, but within a few months it's the same speed as the last one.
It's really something that needs more regulation. Unfortunately those companies make a lot of donations to both parties to prevent that sort of thing.
I'm not surprised at all. They were already doing it with 4g too...
Hopefully, now that the FCC no longer has that gelded fuckwad running it, maybe they can bring these assholes to heel again.
Doubtful, but maybe.
Well, the new head of FCC is the person who was the head a decade ago when the fuckery with 4g started...
So I'd be surprised if she stops it now
I hope she does, I'd just be surprised
She just needed more money.
She seemed decent from her Wikipedia, and weirdly enough her brother is the drummer from Guster.
But yeah, I just don't expect her to fix this issue specifically when she's the one that let it get out of control in the first place.
You'd be surprised at just how small those donations are.