5G offers faster max speeds, but with compromise Theoretically, 5G speeds could get up to around a massive 20GBps, 20 times the maximum speed of an NBN personal plan .
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In terms of technology, 5G uses radio waves for sending and receiving data while Fiber optic communication uses light to transmit data through fiber optic cables . Whereas 5G can have downlink speed up to the scale of 20 Gbps and 10 Gbps uplink, practical speed measured on Fiber cables is 100 Gbps.
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