“You know, this internet connection is just too fast. Please slow it down. Maybe just as my boss asks me something important in a video call,” said…no one in 2020.

With so many people dragging along with subpar broadband, you’d think there would be more buzz around the arrival of the blazing fast 5G mobile networks and their accompanying smartphones. They’re like the Incredibles, here to save us from careening off the broadband cliff, right? Except…well, a lot of excepts.

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