In New York, the 5G line of four companies is already acclaimed.

Kita 5G!

If you think it's still a story.I was already competing at each company.I was thinking that I would miss the iPhone if I was lazy, and if I missed the timing, I thought I would wait for 5G next year to be installed, so it was a timely article.By the way, will 5G be used all over the country soon?We will send you a translation of Sam Rutherford's article in Gizmodo.

Several companies have already cut off

You who think that the development of 5G is still an early stage.With Verizon's leading, the 5G network competition was cut off in New York City and dropped (the same services were developed in Boisi Idaho and Panam City, Florida).Is the fight for 5G champions finally on the main stage?

In April 2019, Verizon became the first telecommunications company that developed a 5G network.Since then, 5g networks have been expanded to 10 cities, including Detroit, Atlanta, and Phoenix.But even rivals are silent.I'm aiming to provide 5G services when I am aiming to provide them.The evidence is that T-Mobile and Sprint have already started 5G services this summer.

ニューヨークシティはメジャーな5Gネットワークがしのぎを削るアトランタに次いで、全米で二番目に大きな5Gの激戦地となっています。ただし、一般の消費者が使えるのはその中の3つだけ。（AT&T は5Gネットワークをニューヨークシティを含む全米21都市に展開しています。 でもAT&Tは5Gサービスを企業に限定しています）

Download speed exceeds 1000 Mbps

So, I tried Verizon's 5G network.It is surprising that technology will progress so far in the last six months.When I tried Verizon's 5G service in Chicago for the first time, the network speed was about 500-600 Mbps.

However, when I tested here and there in Manhattan this week, I was able to confirm over 1000 Mbps.The maximum speed is 1377 Mbps.How fast this is, if you feel that you can download the one season of the Netflix drama series in less than 1 minute, can you say it?Just before riding a long -distance flight, even if you start downloading in a hurry, you can see all the season you missed while downloading all series and traveling in the empty.

If you have this much speed, it's really nice.However, there is not much situation that needs such a speed, and if ordinary people are living normally, at most 100-200 Mbps, it is an era where you can send comfortable digital life.However, given the development of the 5G network currently being promoted by US telecommunications companies, I feel that the development of 5G will be completed at a faster pace than when the transition from 3G to 4G.At least in a place with a large population density.

Radio waves are cut off, vulnerable to walls and glass

At the same time, the problems that occur in Verizon's 5g millimeter waves have not been solved.There are spots where you can catch 5g everywhere, even for Midtown, Harlem, Hell's Kitchen, Brooklynowntown, Financial District, and Bronx.However, since the 5G signal reaches only in a few blocks of several blocks from the base station, the place where the radio wave reaches is cut off.In addition, Verizon offers a comprehensive list such as places where base stations are installed and attractions, but at present, Verizon does not seem to be able to know which area is 5g.

Verizon is currently trying to introduce 5G in large parks and tourist spots, including Madison Square and Bryant Park.That means that 5G cannot be used very much in ordinary places.In addition, Verizon 5G can only be used in the downstream direction from the network to the terminal, and has to use a slow 4G for the upstream.The fact that even walls and glass windows cannot be passed are the crying of millimeters.

As I mentioned earlier, for now, 5G may be a technology that is still difficult for individuals to use.However, looking at the current development pace, it is a sense of speed that you can expect to see if the future is right there.

It is necessary to build a network that makes it possible before a smart highway where the flying car comes and goes.It may be too early to buy a 5G mobile phone, but I think the times are heading to 5G in a hurry.