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Verizon 5G Home Internet Now Available in Parts of Chicago

Tim October 21, 2019

Verizon 5G Home Internet is now available in areas of Chicago, IL, making it the fifth city where you can find Verizon's 5G Home offering. You can also find 5G Home in parts of Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, and Sacramento. If you're curious about what 5G...

Verizon’s 5G Home is Still Free for 3 Months, Plus Signing-Up Gets You Free YouTube TV [Sponsored]

Sponsor June 19, 2019

Thank you to Verizon Wireless for sponsoring this post. Verizon's 5G Home service has been live for nine months, if you can believe that, delivering speeds at a price you probably won't find from your local cable internet service. Since Verizon was one of the...

Here’s One Big Reason to Look Forward to Verizon 5G

Kellen February 28, 2019

A new home internet option. I may sit on the negative side of 5G at the moment, mostly because I think carriers, phone makers, and chipset producers are overselling the first round of it, but there is still one piece of it that I'm really looking forward to....

I See Why Verizon has Been Hiding Its 5G Home Maps

Kellen February 4, 2019

Since launching 5G Home in early October, Verizon has been reluctant to show maps of its coverage areas in the four original cities. We assumed it was because the 5G footprint in them was tiny and that may have been confirmed, thanks to maps put together by PC...

Verizon 5G Home’s Early Launch is as Dumb as We Thought

Kellen January 30, 2019

Verizon did its earnings call thing yesterday and admitted what we all assumed - 5G Home was created and pushed in four markets so that Verizon could say they did 5G first. That's it. During the call, which Venturebeat picked up on, Verizon said that they won'...

Florida’s Panama City is Newest Verizon 5G City

Kellen October 25, 2018

As Florida begins to rebuild communities following Hurricane Michael and the massive damage it caused, Verizon has announced that while it rebuild its network in the area, they'll upgrade everything to be 5G compatible. They'll start in Panama City, making it...

Verizon’s 5G Home Internet Service is Now Live

Kellen October 1, 2018

Yep, Verizon now has a live 5G network. It may not be to the 5G wireless standard or capable of working with your phone or currently produce next-level speeds, at the moment, but it is technically 5G and US residents in select cities can sign-up to access it....

T-Mobile Reveals Plans for 5G Home Internet, Possibility of Opening Up Phone Hotspots

Kellen September 22, 2018

Verizon is days way from firing up its 5G Home internet service and now T-Mobile has quietly announced its own plans for a similar service. In a prepared statement to the FCC, T-Mobile COO Mike Sievert laid out the general goals for T-Mobile with 5G as a home...