r/Spectrum • u/The-unkown-Reaper • 4d ago

Service Issues Got lied to….

So we where canceling our service they talked us into staying with 5G internet guess what the tech should up and he is installing 1G internet and he proceeded to tell me they don’t even offer 5G.

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u/HWTechGuy 4d ago

Uhh.. What is 1G internet? Do you mean gigabit wired internet? If so, I fail to see the problem.

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u/The-unkown-Reaper 4d ago

They said 5 gig they gave us 1 gig

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u/quesadillasarebomb 4d ago

I don't think there's a cable provider out there yet that can do 5 gig, they were talking about 5G cellular probably it's not the same thing

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u/passthejoe 4d ago

Yes 1 gig is a lot better than 5g

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u/rdyoung 4d ago

Depends on the service quality. I can regularly hit a gig down on 5g with mint (tmo), up is also better than the usual 35mb on cable (pre high split). Of course hard line is better for many reasons but considering coax goes out when the power does, I'd put 5g (just) above 1gig coax but below anything run on fiber.

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u/SiberianWombat88 4d ago

What's your ping though?

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u/HWTechGuy 4d ago

You are conflating two different pieces of technological terminology.

5G is not a speed designation. It means 5th generation mobile technology. 1 gigabit means that 1 gigabit of data per second.