Verizon has launched its 5G Home Internet service in four cities, competing against broadband with version boasting connection speeds of up to 300Mbps, with Apple TV 4K offered to tempt customers to sign up to the service... Verizon's 5G Home service has gone in four markets, with limited areas of Sacramento and Los Angeles, CA Houston, TX and Indianapolis, IN able to sign up for in the initial rollout.. Verizon is offering three months for free, then the service will cost $50 month for existing Verizon subscribers, $70 for everyone else.. Running on Verizon's 5G, 5G Home is similar to broadband service, with Internet access provided via router, albeit one that uses the cellular network instead of connection. To sweeten the deal for early adopters, customers can request either Apple TV 4K or Chromecast Ultra, provided at the time of installation, and three free months of YouTube TV access. Those signing up are also to receive white glove installation of the service, concierge line, access to the first wave of 5G-capable mobile devices when they become available, and hardware upgrades when they become in the first year.. The latter point is to be very beneficial to customers, rather than variant. in this case 5G Home routers, when the company migrates to 3GPP 5G NR for future installations in new areas, hardware upgrades are likely to be offered to the earlier customers.. The rollout of the service will also help Verizon in expanding its 5G network in general. While Verizon does claim the title it's that subscribers will have to wait until 2019 before they can receive the same speed benefits from their smartphones...
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