Gadgetory

there's growing hype around the next generation of wireless networks which promise speeds that are 10 to 100 times faster than our current LTE connected phones I paid a visit to the sprawling Verizon campus in Basking Ridge New Jersey where I got an exclusive look at one of the world's first fuel trials with a 5g network so standing here by Verizon 5g base station now this big clunky thing is going to shrink down it's gonna be much smaller when it goes to a market and I'll be on rooftops they'll be on City lamps the idea this thing will broadcast 5g signals that's internet speeds that are 300 times faster than what you're getting at home the test was little more than a base station in two receivers the first was mounted on a van to demonstrate its ability to grab a signal to go while the second receiver was placed in another part of the building to show how well the coverage is indoors and truth there wasn't much to look at but it's the implications for this test they're fascinating so we're standing by Verizon's 5g phone well no not exactly a phone it's really a van with a giant antenna on top of it this is mostly an approximation of what your phone and supposed to look like they've taken us on tours around the block demonstrating what 5g speeds are going to look like again they're 300 to 400 times faster than what you'd get at home and this is on the road well the van circled around the parking lot picked up the signal going at 3.77 gigabits per second that's 377 times faster than the average LTE connection on your phone and more than three and a half times faster than your fastest home broadband service 5g could replace your home cable internet line you can stream ultra high-definition video to your phone tank all of your mobile devices without even a stutter it's all great but there are still plenty of complications that's why most industry folks don't believe you'll actually see widespread 5g service until 2020 Verizon is hoping to beat the clock it promised some form of commercial deployment by that ship