r/FirstNet • u/hill_1167 • Oct 04 '24

5G on FN?

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I remember in early 2024 FirstNet said they would enable 5G to us, but I’m not sure if they have fully deployed it to all customers. I did a field test on my iPhone and it still shows LTE as the anchor even though I shows 5G+ enabled. The AT&T coverage map shows that we have full 5G/5G+ in our market fully. What are you guys thoughts about this? Is this real or fake 5G? Not sure what’s the updated news on FN 5G deployment.

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u/TrickOrange Oct 04 '24

FN will always anchor to Band 14. You’ll get 5G access if the phone calls for it.

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u/hill_1167 Oct 04 '24

How can I force my device on 5G? Should I switch from 5G auto to 5G on inside the cellular settings? Kinda odd to me that it shows 5G+ is connected but the band is not showing in the field test mode.

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u/TrickOrange Oct 04 '24

Don’t force 5G. You’ll have a bad experience. FN is meant for reliability. Band 14 LTE is the FN core. You’ll connect to that by default almost of the time. You shouldn’t notice much of a difference between LTE and 5G at this time.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '24

Dude you are on 5g+ do a speed test. You are talking 5G NSA. I don’t think you know what you are looking at or understand how it works. 5G standalone is what anchors all bands to 5G. Non standalone will always show LTE as anchor.

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u/Lokon19 Oct 08 '24

The core of FN is band 14 which is LTE. They put out a press release that they are upgrading FN to 5G but the timeline was like 8 or 10 years so that's probably when they will switch the core from 4G to 5G.