5G plans

[Jledrc64]

Hi. Is it really worth charging from 4G to 5G plan? What's your opinion?

Thanks 

[DennyCrane]

Slower than 3G.

3G at PM is up to 3Mbps

Unlimited 5G plans get throttled to 512Kbps (0.5Mbps) after your plan bucket has been used.

[hTideGnow]

 Hi @Jledrc64 

Myself, I don't think I need 5G.  It is 250Mbps but how often you need quick download like this?

and people tends to use data faster on 5G because of quicker buffering time (more download per seconds, and even you click Stop, much more would have already downloaded)

I am good with 4G myself.  

[DennyCrane]

For my use, the upgrade from 4G to 5G is far less important than the upgrade from 3G to 4G. I don't need more than 100Mbps, even if I'm hotspotting off my phone.

That said, if the rest of the plan details work, then go for it. The 5G plans tend to have higher data buckets, and currently most have unlimited at a reduced speed after you hit your cap.

[Phil_Adelphus]

I have been on 5G for a while with my phone set on 5G auto rather than 5G always on, so the phone can "decide" which speed is more appropriate.  Most of the time it stays on LTE (4G) but sometimes switches to 5G.  I find it tends to switch to 5G in certain places when I'm out regardless of what I'm doing so I guess the phone for some reason thinks it is better in that location.  Not sure how that works.  But having said that, it is faster than the PM 4G upper limit of 100Mbps when it is on LTE for the most part.  On  5G I have got almost up to the 5G limit of 250Mbps although having realized how much data is used just doing a speedtest at that speed I don't do them very often now that the novelty has worn off lol!  As others have said, whether it is worth it depends whether you need that much speed, that much data, and unlimited data if you go over it with certain 5G plans.   In a rural area where power outages take out everything including home internet, and may be out for days, it's nice to have enough phone data that you don't have to conserve it.

[Handy1]

@Jledrc64  It is if you need more data and want faster data speeds . And some 5G plans are unlimited data 

[softech · Accepted solution]

@Jledrc64 

it depends.  

I think it is more like what amount of data you need and pick the plan accordingly

The current 4G plan has enough speed already, 100Mbps.  And remember the 4G plan is in fact 4G speed plan only.  So even you are on the 4G plan, you can access the 5G network, just that the speed will be capped at 100Mpbs