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Keyser Söze[_3_]

On 2/2/21 5:47 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 2 Feb 2021 12:33:32 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 2/2/21 10:59 AM, Wayne B wrote:
On Tue, 2 Feb 2021 09:33:49 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

So, I keep getting promotional emails from my cell phone service
provider and from Apple telling me I should upgrade my cellphone model
to one capable of "5G" service, but there's no explanation of why I
would want to do so. All I want from my cellphone is a stronger signal
and better connectivity in areas not near a tower. Apparently this is
NOT an attribute of 5G. I don't play comuter games or watch movies on my
cellphone, and cell coverage down here in Redneck, Maryland isn't so hot
once you get a few miles away from the main highway.

So? Why 5G?

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Our primary way of getting internet when traveling is to use one of
our phones as a tethered hotspot. 4G is usually more than adequate
for that but 5G would open up more possibilities for things like
watching Netflix movies or video conferencing, not that we do a lot of
that.

We have some quality of cell service on the main highwayy and of course
it disappears sometimes out in the boonies. 5G isn't going to help that.
I have cell coverage on my iPad, so that helps if we want to downstream
a movie, but usually we just use the wifi at the hotel. So, basically, I
still see no reason for upgrading hardware to 5G.

Do your phones or I Pads link to your TV?
Otherwise why would you want to watch a movie in a tiny screen with
lousy sound?

Never tried the iphone, but I can link the ipad to a tv set either "over
the air" or via a cable. I have an SDXC card in the iPAD and I can
transfer a lot of movies to it and either play them on the device or on
a hotel tv.

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