What is millimeter wave 5G

For some context, mmWave 5G devices can offer maximum speeds of around 4-5Gbps , although consumer speeds are often lower. Still, mmWave can be faster than most wired fiber broadband connections. By comparison, the best sub-6GHz connections can hit a few hundred Mbps, although tens of Mbps is often more realistic.16 Kas 2021

mmWave 5G easily goes beyond 300Mbps, often reaching 500Mbps or even 1Gbps . Getting that kind of data performance on a smartphone is nothing short of amazing, but because mmWave is still pretty unreliable, that breakneck performance isn’t always guaranteed.22 Haz 2021

In OpenSignal’s latest research, Verizon’s 5G download speeds ranged from 338 Mbps to 508.3 Mbps in five cities: Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, New York and Washington D.C. This compares to download speeds from AT&T and T-Mobile, ranging from 44.9 Mbps to 143.3 Mbps.