zombie nights Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Recently 3 BB can to my home and replaced my internet connection with fiber. I thinks its called fiber optic , before i had "copper" through phone line I guess (?). 3 BB seem to have done a good job on the new installation. I live on a high floor and the installation involved a long cable, drilling into walls ,etc,and a nice new modem. But as a lay person (and a senior) I am fairly confused with all this .....???? My connection name now reads at the end: _ 5G So in plain understandable language can anyone tell me= What is the difference/relationship between fiber optic and 5 G, if any? Thanks for any input! ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Windynoi Posted May 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2021 You have fibre optic internet to your modem and then if it's duel band it puts out two wifi signals on 2.4ghz and 5ghz. Your phone is connected to the 5ghz wifi signal. This 5ghz is not the same as the new 5g telephone networks. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crossy Posted May 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2021 Your "5G" isn't 5G as in the mobile data network, it's just a name, it could just as easily be called "zombie nights". They may well have added the suffix "5G" because it's using the 5GHz Wi-Fi band and that's still not 5G. I wouldn't worry about it, so long as it's working well and you have security set up on the wireless you're good to go and enjoy. My home wireless is called "Crossy5G" and "Crossy2.4G" for the two available WiFi bands (5GHz and 2.4GHz). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post recom273 Posted May 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2021 (edited) This isn’t 5G - it’s the 5GHz. This does quite a good job at explaining the difference - Some routers offer both frequencies bundled together, some show separate. If you have smart home products then you should make sure you have 2.4 available. Ets: lol - looks like everyone wakes at the same time. Edited May 15, 2021 by recom273 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooBigToFit Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 5G is supposed to be the 5th generation and up to 100 times faster than the previous 4G. Fibre is the fibre optic cable type used that is directly connected to your router. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jackdd Posted May 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2021 45 minutes ago, TooBigToFit said: 5G is supposed to be the 5th generation and up to 100 times faster than the previous 4G. Fibre is the fibre optic cable type used that is directly connected to your router. Three people give the right answer, and after this you come along and give a wrong answer. Why? 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 10 minutes ago, jackdd said: Three people give the right answer, and after this you come along and give a wrong answer. Why? And all of them posted within 3 minutes of his post so likely not seen. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterw42 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 1 hour ago, TooBigToFit said: 5G is supposed to be the 5th generation and up to 100 times faster than the previous 4G. Fibre is the fibre optic cable type used that is directly connected to your router. In the OPs instance, the 5G is referring to 5ghz Wi-Fi, NOT 5th generation cellular phones/network 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombie nights Posted May 16, 2021 Author Share Posted May 16, 2021 (edited) Many thanks for all the helpful posts to my question. In particular from Peterw42: "In the OPs instance, the 5G is referring to 5ghz Wi-Fi, NOT 5th generation cellular phones/network" That is the straightforward understandable answer I was looking for! ???? Edited May 16, 2021 by zombie nights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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