{"id":17537,"date":"2020-03-08T22:23:39","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T05:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=17537"},"modified":"2020-04-08T22:28:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T05:28:18","slug":"canadas-first-5g-network-goes-live-in-four-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=17537","title":{"rendered":"Canada&#8217;s first 5G network goes live in four cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"o-feed_listing@m- o-feed_bleed@m- mb-10@m mb-40@tp+\">\n<div class=\"o-feed_listing@m-__mid\">\n<div class=\"o-feed_listing@m-__inner break-left@m- bg-white@m- mt-0@m- pr-20@m- mr-0@m- \">\n<div class=\"o-title_mark@tp+ bc-gray-1 col-10-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"t-d7@m- t-d4@tp t-d3-b@tl t-d2@d mt-15 mt-25@tp c-gray-3 c-gray-6@m-\">Rogers intends to charge extra for 5G in 2021, however.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"engadget-article-meta-bar\" class=\"o-meta_bar@tl+          mt-35 mt-20@m-\" data-ylk=\"sec:articlemetabar;itc:0;\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-12-of-12@tp col-5-of-12@tl+ vm\">\n<div class=\"o-article_meta_bar__avatar left mr-20 mr-10@s o-avatar_offset\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-meta-small@s t-meta@m+\"><a class=\"th-meta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/about\/editors\/jon-fingas\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jon%20Fingas;pos:1;cpos:1;elm:hdln;subsec:author;\" data-rapid_p=\"2\" data-v9y=\"1\">Jon Fingas<\/a><span class=\"hide@s th-meta\">, <a class=\"th-meta\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonfingas\" data-ylk=\"slk:twitter;pos:2;cpos:1;elm:hdln;itc:0;\" data-rapid_p=\"3\" data-v9y=\"1\">@jonfingas<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"th-meta\">March 6, 2020<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline@tl+ o-meta_bar@tp o-meta_bar@m mt-40@tp- hide@m-\">\n<div class=\"inline@tl+ grid@tp-\">\n<div class=\"grid__cell vm col-2-of-12 col-3-of-12@m grid-divider@tl+\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"page_body\">\n<div class=\"container@m-\">\n<div class=\"flush-top flush-bottom \" data-behavior=\"FitVids\">\n<div class=\"o-article_block \">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+ mt-n40\">\n<div id=\"right-ads-rail\" class=\"hide@tp- grid@tl+__cell col-4-of-12@tl+ right@tl+ flush-top pt-40 relative z-1\">\n<div class=\"mb-40\">\n<div id=\"gemini-right-rail-thumbnails\" class=\"relative mt-10\">\n<div class=\"sponsored-links\">\n<div class=\"thumb-holder\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-details\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<aside role=\"banner\">\n<div class=\"relative mb-40  \">\n<div id=\"latest_rail_legacy_article_y20\" class=\"\" data-aol-adcall=\"{&quot;tl&quot;:{&quot;adSetInView&quot;:[&quot;D&quot;,&quot;&quot;,&quot;250&quot;],&quot;htmlAdWH&quot;:{&quot;mn&quot;:963898327,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;w&quot;:&quot;RR&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;RR&quot;},&quot;type&quot;:&quot;f&quot;},&quot;adsRotateMult&quot;:1}}\" data-behavior=\"Advertisement\">\n<div id=\"atwAdFrame2EAN\">You no longer need to head to the US if you want a taste of 5G in North America. After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2020-01-15-rogers-first-canada-5g-network-rollout.html\" data-rapid_p=\"1\" data-v9y=\"1\">starting its rollout<\/a> in January, Rogers has <a href=\"https:\/\/about.rogers.com\/news-ideas\/rogers-only-carrier-to-offer-5g-service-on-canadas-first-5g-smartphone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-rapid_p=\"2\" data-v9y=\"1\">switched on<\/a>Canada&#8217;s first live 5G network in the downtown cores of <strong>Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver<\/strong>. You&#8217;ll unsurprisingly have to pick up one of Samsung&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2020-02-28-samsung-galaxy-s20-ultra-review-space-zoom-camera.html\" data-rapid_p=\"3\" data-v9y=\"1\">Galaxy S20<\/a> phones and subscribe to an unlimited data plan if you want to try the service right away, but Rogers&#8217; use of the <strong>2.5GHz mid-range band<\/strong> suggests you&#8217;ll have an easier time finding speedier service than you would with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019-04-04-verizon-5g-network-testing-chicago-data-speeds.html\" data-rapid_p=\"4\" data-v9y=\"1\">high-band 5G<\/a> on networks like Verizon (Engadget&#8217;s parent company) in the US. It&#8217;s closer to AT&amp;T and Sprint in that regard.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- mt-n35 mt-n25@m mt-n15@s\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"full-width@tp- grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1 no-review\">\n<p>You can expect 20 more markets to get 5G this year, Rogers said. At the same time, it&#8217;l start using <strong>low-band 600MHz access<\/strong> that should both widen coverage and help you stay connected to 5G indoors. It&#8217;ll eventually start using 3.5GHz service as well as spectrum sharing that lets it use LTE airwaves for 5G.<\/p>\n<p>There is a gotcha, however: 5G will eventually carry a premium. Rogers is only offering 5G at no extra charge until March 6th, 2021. You&#8217;ll have to pay a $15 surcharge after that. While this practice isn&#8217;t completely unheard of (Verizon has talked about charging a premium, but waived it for early adopters), it&#8217;s not likely to please Canadians who are already complaining about paying high prices for cell service compared to other countries.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to charge a premium might even lead to a political confrontation. Canada&#8217;s Innovation, Science and Industry Minister Navdeep Bains <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.finance.yahoo.com\/news\/innovation-minister-targets-big-three-midrange-cellphone-plans-with-25-per-cent-cut-o-two-years-210005669.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently warned<\/a> that the country&#8217;s big three carriers (Rogers, Bell and Telus) will have to cut the prices of mid-range plans by 25 percent as part of a larger bid to reduce phone costs. While that won&#8217;t affect Rogers&#8217; 5G (at least not at first), it&#8217;s not likely to please politicians and regulators trying to make wireless data more affordable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2020-03-06-rogers-first-5g-network-in-canada-live.html\">https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2020-03-06-rogers-first-5g-network-in-canada-live.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rogers intends to charge extra for 5G in 2021, however. Jon Fingas, @jonfingas March 6, 2020 You no longer need to head to the US if you want a taste of 5G in North America. After starting its rollout in January, Rogers has switched onCanada&#8217;s first live 5G network in the downtown cores of Montreal, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[346,103,523,90,371,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5g","category-canada","category-montreal","category-ottawa","category-toronto","category-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17538,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17537\/revisions\/17538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}