Posted on 03/02/22
| News Source: Yahoo Sports
Verizon will roll out 5G wireless home internet service in Baltimore on Thursday, going head-to-head with Comcast for internet customers in the city and touting the new technology’s speed and affordability.
Verizon launched 5G “Ultra Wideband1″ technology for home internet in January in more than 1,700 cities and is expanding this week to parts of downtown and neighborhoods in East, West and South Baltimore.
The telecommunications giant earlier this month introduced the service to a national TV audience during the Super Bowl, airing an ad starring Jim Carrey reprising his role in “The Cable Guy” and depicting 5G as a modern replacement for cable internet.
“The same company that has brought you Fios is leveraging 5G to bring a new option, a new choice to customers,” said Andrew Testa, a Verizon spokesman. “It takes the 5G service that’s outside the home and turns it into Wi-Fi that powers all devices at home, without messy wires that come with a typical cable solution.”
The company said the newer technology, which provides wireless internet access from 5G towers, or small cell sites, offers speeds up to ten times faster than 4G technology.
Customers are charged by the month with no annual contracts or equipment fees and and given a plug-in router that powers smart TVs, tablets, phones, gaming consoles and other devices. Unlimited data service costs either $50 a month for speeds of 85 to 300 megabits per second or $70 per month for 1 gigabit per second. Half-price deals are available for some Verizon mobile customers.
Verizon offers limited availability of its Fios wired internet service in Baltimore, where Comcast is the sole, city-approved franchise provider of cable television service. Fios wired internet is part of its bundled internet, phone and television services over Verizon’s fiber-optic network.