Is Verizon 5G free to upgrade to?

Verizon in June announced it was offering a new 5G phone for free to new and existing customers on select plans . … Similar to its rivals’ offers, the deal was billed as “the biggest Verizon 5G upgrade campaign ever.” In fact, just yesterday, T-Mobile launched a very comparable offer.

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Why does Verizon 5G seem slow?

Unfortunately, while the 5G side of DSS is legitimate 5G, of a sort, its actual performance is, in Verizon’s own words, “comparable to [its] award-winning 4G LTE.” This is due to a combination of factors, including congestion, the limitations of older hardware, and the same reliance on low-band frequencies .

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How fast is Verizon rolling out 5G?

This new fast tracked timeline is made possible by the incredible pace of deployment achieved by Verizon’s network engineering team. As a refresher, Verizon’s UWB (ultra-wideband) 5G is the fastest flavor of the latest cellular standard and can reach speeds of up to 1 Gbps – though don’t expect that to be the norm.

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