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Comment Re:Shots At Tesla, Musk, VW (Score 1) 55

This car is intended to compete with Model 3. I test drove both and they're both good cars, fun to drive. Tesla is faster, has longer range and benefits from the Supercharger network. I trust Tesla's expertise more when it comes to building an electric powertrain, they've been at it longer. Polestar's body is better built and has some extra bells and whistles, along with a more conventional interior. Polestar is also more expensive, it's only competitive after the federal rebate. If I were to chose between these two today, I'd go with M3 mainly on the account of ubiquitous charging network.

Comment Re:and 20G you get speed capped any ways so it may (Score 2) 71

5G makes better use of existing spectrum, has lower latency and supports more devices than 4G. It can run on the existing 4G bands, including 600-700Mhz, and there you would get the same coverage and penetration you get now with 4G. However, you can also run it on higher frequency bands, up to 30Ghz or so. Higher the band, higher the bandwidth, but crappier penetration. Speeds tests that report blistering speeds of more than 1gbps are usually done on high frequency bands, but you would have to be outside and within visual range of a tower. Nobody (in the US at least) has deployed 5G on lower frequency bands, so we don't know how it'll perform, but chances are it will be an improvement.

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