AT&T 5G/5G+ Speed Test Thread!

[10mm]

Taken at Rochester Road just north of E Big Beaver in Troy, MI. The first 5G node I've seen outside of downtown Detroit.

[VVivian]

Taken at Rochester Road just north of E Big Beaver in Troy, MI. The first 5G node I've seen outside of downtown Detroit.

Not sure why AT&T even bothers with mmWave if they aren't going to crank it like Verizon does. They should be using all 800 MHz of n260 they have in the Oakland County, Michigan market, and the backhaul should be scaled to match (at least 5 Gbps).

[blkballoon925]

Agreed. Seems like they're either trying to cheap out on the backhaul by using 1 Gbps circuits and therefore do not need more radio capacity, or they are aiming to keep all "5G+" speeds within the same range. In other words, it's all "5G+" and they don't want customers to notice a significant difference between 5G+ using n77 versus 5G+ using mmWave. Whereas, Verizon seems to have no problem dumping as much speed and capacity into the air as the technology and spectrum licenses will allow, even if seeing "5G UW" means speeds ranging anywhere from 200-300 Mbps through 4 Gbps.

[10mm]

Not sure why AT&T even bothers with mmWave if they aren't going to crank it like Verizon does. They should be using all 800 MHz of n260 they have in the Oakland County, Michigan market, and the backhaul should be scaled to match (at least 5 Gbps).

For sure. They are the LEC there as well. What's interesting is that only a handful of these SC's have mmWave, and most of these newer ones do not have B46. This SC is 2/66 only, with LTE hitting 200+.

[zspa710]

For sure. They are the LEC there as well. What's interesting is that only a handful of these SC's have mmWave, and most of these newer ones do not have B46. This SC is 2/66 only, with LTE hitting 200+.

I'd rather see mmWave than B46, but LTE-only small cells don't make much sense anymore...

[matt110]

Not sure why AT&T even bothers with mmWave if they aren't going to crank it like Verizon does. They should be using all 800 MHz of n260 they have in the Oakland County, Michigan market, and the backhaul should be scaled to match (at least 5 Gbps).

Agreed. Seems like they're either trying to cheap out on the backhaul by using 1 Gbps circuits and therefore do not need more radio capacity, or they are aiming to keep all "5G+" speeds within the same range. In other words, it's all "5G+" and they don't want customers to notice a significant difference between 5G+ using n77 versus 5G+ using mmWave. Whereas, Verizon seems to have no problem dumping as much speed and capacity into the air as the technology and spectrum licenses will allow, even if seeing "5G UW" means speeds ranging anywhere from 200-300 Mbps through 4 Gbps.

I really don't get why they hate mmwave so much. Granted they don't need it for home internet like verizon does and 99% of consumers wont notice, but why are they cheaping out on existing deployments. even here they're running full 800mhz and max Ive seen is 1.3gbps. vs the verizon deployments at 4gbps. Also feel like the range is significantly less than verizons

[10mm]

I'd rather see mmWave than B46, but LTE-only small cells don't make much sense anymore...

I agree......