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rural internet 5 g hub
I have been dealing with trying to get 5G for 3 months, today I'm told 5G is not available in our area. I have spent at least 20 hour with support, technicians for nothing to change. Telus has no i...
rdrowbotham wrote:I have been dealing with trying to get 5G for 3 months, today I'm told 5G is not available in our area.
Did you check the coverage map for your address?
https://www.telus.com/en/mobility/network#:~:text=Enjoy%20amazing%20coverage,Check%20my%20coverage
rdrowbotham wrote:I am so disgusted and frustrated with Telus especialy when our tax payers money put up a tower a mile from us and we cannot get proper service.
The mobility Infrastructure is not not publicly funded in Canada. No tax payer money was used to build it. Quite the opposite in fact, billions of dollars are paid by the carriers to the Federal government to get spectrum licenses. The last spectrum auction generated $9 billion for the government.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/5g-spectrum-auction-1.6124271
The tower near you may or may not be owned by Telus/Bell. You can check here:
https://www.scadacore.com/tools/rf-path/cell-tower-map-canada/
