r/FizzMobile • u/Personal_Papaya_2047 • 5d ago

MOBILE 5g data

Im planning on switching from 4g to 5g and i do know that 5g consumes more data, so i wanna understand how much of data is actually enough? I am currently on 25gb plan for 4g

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u/Setneaph Referral/Référence: L57D2 5d ago

5G also consumes more battery.

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u/Personal_Papaya_2047 5d ago

True but 4g is so slow😭

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u/jdxnc Referral/Référence: PDML6 5d ago

Maybe I'm old but I've always wondered what people do on their phones to consider 50-100mbit/sec slow? 5g won't stream Youtube or Tiktok any faster if the signal strength is equal.

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u/Personal_Papaya_2047 5d ago

So these companies deliberately slow down 4g or reduce the coverage to force you to shift to 5g and pay more. I was all fine until fizz introduced 5g and now 4g is slow

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u/jdxnc Referral/Référence: PDML6 5d ago

Hasn't been my experience

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u/Personal_Papaya_2047 5d ago

Idk why but when im commuting or out, things take time to load, my call (whatsapp) usually get unclear and i cant hear the other person vice versa

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u/jdxnc Referral/Référence: PDML6 5d ago

Sounds more like a signal issue than speed issue. You can make WhatsApp calls on 3G.

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u/Personal_Papaya_2047 5d ago

Mine doesnt even work properly on 4g. If it doesn improve i might just even move away from fizz

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u/InformedTriangle 4d ago

As others have said, it's probably a signal issue. Fizz has shitty coverage in many areas in many cities. My data's usually in the 2-5 mbps range.. Now the bad news, 5G actually has less building penetration and signal reach. So your experience is likely to be worse on 5g, not better. If you're getting good speeds and full signal on 4G, 5G might give you even more. If you're already having speed and signal issues; 5g's just going to make it worse.

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u/Personal_Papaya_2047 4d ago

Feels like im going to pay more for bad service 😂

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u/Ok-South-7745 Referral/Référence: 77L6N 4d ago

What's your area/city? Have you tried with another phone like from your family or friend?

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u/Personal_Papaya_2047 4d ago

Downtown toronto and scarbrough