Is 5G coming or no?

BEBE · August 21

I used Videotron and Freedom. Both has 5G.

Wake up Fizz, we pay money too.

BeakBird · August 21

4G LTE+ is just as fast as the lower frequencies of 5G. I doubt that you would even see a difference on your phone.

4G LTE uses VoLTE for calls and 5G uses VoNR. Again I doubt that you could tell the difference in call quality between the two.

For now the 4G LTE+ is still very close to 5G.

Also VoLTE supports CSFB ( Circuit Switched Fallback to 3G/2G) where as VoNR doesn't.

swatt · August 21

Not for now.

BradDoell · August 21

Good morning @BeakBird

THANK YOU for the excellent info. I frequently travel to rural areas where I need to have voice service for emergency service, so the “CSFB” is important to me.

My question is, although the answer may be implied, if a carrier adopts 5G, do they have to disable the other technologies, or can they remain and switch back and forth?

Mark123_2024 · August 21

https://forum.fizz.ca/en/discussion/2653783/is-5g-coming-or-no

We don't have any information concerning this for the moment. We are still waiting.

wenhan · August 21

hard to say. pm has 5G but the other flaker brands, doesnt

kaitokun · August 21

Nothing has been annnounced yet.Why would you need 5G anyway? I think for most people LTE is enough.

BeakBird · August 21

https://forum.fizz.ca/en/discussion/comment/6892440#Comment_6892440

Hi.

When a carrier adopts 5G, they do not have to disable other technologies like 4G or 3G. These technologies can coexist, allowing devices to switch between them as needed.