Old plan on 5g

[ramzes]

Hi, Im thinking of changing to the promotion plan of $39 per month 20gb at 4g speed. My current plan is the old $45 per month but it says 5g on the top. Will it change the speed?

[sheytoon]

I think both 4G and 5G will be throttled exactly the same.

[gpixel]

it's the same concept as with the 3g plans. IT is now safe to leave 5g enabled. I have a suspicious feeling that only the 5g will be throttled. I will do some tests in the near future when the roll out is more official and see if it is true

*update 

5g normally uses more CPU usage and heats up the device especially with a weak signal so I've switched back to lte. unless I'm experiencing weaker data bandwidth on LTE I'm not going to use 5g. better battery efficiency is the better option

[sheytoon]

All the plans should have access to 5G now, but "4G speed" plans will be throttled to 100 Mbps.

[kb_mv]

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@bjs23 wrote:

Just switched to the $39 plan. Says 5G at the top but of course limited to 100mbps speeds

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@bjs23 See my reply above vis a vis forcing your phone onto LTE only....

[hTideGnow]

HI @ramzes 

both $45 and $39 are LTE/4G plans. Same speed

[bjs23]

Just switched to the $39 plan. Says 5G at the top but of course limited to 100mbps speeds

[kb_mv]

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@ramzes wrote:

Hi, Im thinking of changing to the promotion plan of $39 per month 20gb at 4g speed. My current plan is the old $45 per month but it says 5g on the top. Will it change the speed?

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@ramzes The $39 plan is at 4G/LTE, same as the $45 plan regardless of what your phone hooks up to. Switch your phone to only select 4G/LTE and you will notice a marked improvement in your speeds. Hooking up to 5G actually hinders it (unless of course you subscribe to a 5G plan).