Eli5: why isn’t 5g internet as fast as they said it would be?

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I remember people saying it would be faster than most wired connections.

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Advertised internet speeds are always given as a theoretical maximum. “In optimal conditions it is possible to get *up to* X speed.” Real-world conditions are never optimal. The tower you’re on is saturated with devices. There’s a bottleneck upstream. The weather is bad. The air is polluted. Et cetera.

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