What is 5G low-band?

Spectrum determines 5G speed and coverage High-band spectrum may give you blazing fast speeds and lots of capacity —but only if you are close to the cell site. Low-band may provide excellent coverage but the network performance may only be a small step up from 4G.

In a nutshell, because 5G uses a different spectrum than 4G LTE, it can deliver stronger and faster connections , higher capacity for traffic, as well as latency as low as 1ms.

Speedcheck found that 5G networks provided, on average, download speeds that were about 2.7 times faster than 4G LTE networks , with peak speeds about six-fold faster than the previous generation network.

Low-band. Also known as the “coverage layer,” low-band refers to frequencies below 1 GHz used to roll out substantial 5G coverage as quickly as possible . One example is the 600 MHz spectrum deployed by T-Mobile nationwide.