People are familiar with the concept of 5G, but a new version known as C-Band is now being rolled out. 5G is a new technology that hasn’t been around for a long time, but it has a lot of good things about it. When it comes to mobile internet, reliability and speed are of the utmost importance. This is where C-Band comes in, since it provides both.
It is these requirements that have fueled the relatively rapid rate of technological advancements. The earliest cellphones employed a technology known as 1G, which is now obsolete. With the introduction of 2G, encrypted calls, widespread service, and text messaging became popular. This, however, is still a long way from what most people are used to. With each new change came new frequency bands, better data speeds, and coverage across a larger geographic area.
The frequency band of 5G C-Band falls between that of the most widely used 5G variant, Sub-6, and that of the more uncommon mmWave variant. Consequently, some of the features of each are shared by C-Band.
Although mmWave technology provides super-fast gigabit speeds, it runs at such small wavelengths that it is unable to penetrate walls and other barriers as effectively as C-Band technology. When travelling, Sub-6’s long wavelengths enable connections to be maintained at a high level of strength and stability. However, the speed of Sub-6 is significantly lower than that of C-Band.
Using up to 3 gigabits per second, Verizon promises to be able to provide service to 100 million additional users by the end of March. AT&T is also introducing a C-Band service, which should be equivalent in quality.
The beautiful thing about technology is that it gets better and cheaper with each generation. The same may be said for cellular networks as well. There is no doubt that the switch to 5G brought faster mobile internet, even if it doesn’t seem like it at times. Most of the time, people think their connection is slow because they expect to be able to download at gigabit speeds when they are actually getting 4G LTE speeds when they have a good connection. It’s because there are a lot of different kinds of 5G, but a very important one, C-Band, hasn’t been available until now.
Although mmWave and Sub-6 5G have been available for some time, only a small number of smartphones will be able to connect to them until 2020 due to a lack of coverage and compatible equipment. Even in 2021, most people think of 5G as the slower Sub-6 kind. This is about to change with the introduction of C-Band 5G, a mid-range frequency that has a lot better speeds than Sub-6 and almost as good range and coverage as Sub-6.
With the launch of C-Band, 2022 might be the year that 5G finally lives up to its promises.
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