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How to find out when tower upgrades are done
I have been told that the 5G towers in my area are being upgraded but is there a way to check the progress? I have T-Mobile home internet and am waiting on them to be finished to see if I am going t...
TMO is not lying. There are different kinds of 5G. 5G extended is basically LTE+. It transmits on lower existing freqs. You can expect around 30mps on 5G extended. If you have an iPhone, you with see 5G shown when you are on a 5G extended tower. There is also mid band 5G which is significantly faster but has less range. You can get around 500mps and I've seen some get over a terabyte per second. On the iPhone you with see 5GUC. UC meaning Ultra Capacity. So it is possible if not likely to be on a 5G tower and still be scheduled for upgrade frome 5G extended to 5GUC. My tower is currently 5G extended. It performs pretty well. I stream multiple TVs and game. I do suffer from some lag on gaming, especially early in the evening. There are 5GUC towers all around me, but for some reason my tower is still 5G extended. I am eagerly awaiting the upgrade.
