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    Tmo went anti consumer over last 2 years.

    “Inflation” and don’t get me started on 5g. So much money spent but nothing to really show for it. What is it doing what LTE hasn’t done?

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      Remember when John Legere was CEO and doing Livestream cooking in his house? Those were the good times.

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        John Legere was hired specifically to make the merger between Sprint and T-Mobile happen, and he resigned right after. He put on a charade to make people think that T-Mobile was a customer-friendly company that would continue to be customer-friendly after merging with Sprint, while knowing the entire time that everything would go to hell after the merger happened and he was gone. John Legere is a con man that pushed a giant anticompetitive corporate merger through antitrust scrutiny, not a benevolent person.

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      It’s because they merged with Sprint and don’t need to give a fuck anymore. They used to be the”uncarrier.”

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      Don’t you realize 5g is spreading the covids?! $5 + 5g = COVID 19! Wake up sheeple! The math is right there! Do your own research!

      Edit: I’m happy that most people on Lemmy get an obvious joke without the need for the /s

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        how is this sarcasm? you came in a bit heavy with a political/al right angle but it was not “opposite” (aka sarcasm). It was clear you were mocking me but I did not come to comment from political or alt right angle.

        5g is literally me being robbed to pay for some “owner’s” capital, income producing assets.

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      What is it doing what LTE hasn’t done?

      Bandwidth. I’ve got faster upload on 5G than my home cable internet. It’s a massive speed increase vs LTE, and I’ve not had issues for a long time.

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        Fair… But that’s home internet is not primary usecase tho

        Why as cell customer I am paying for this shit?

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      IIRC, 5g is a much nicer generation for the carriers than for consumers. It can be more easily deployed with microcells on light poles vs requiring the tall cell towers. There’s ultra-wideband, which is definitely faster, but plain 5g is roughly the same, just easier to roll out.