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Why I Switched My Home Internet Back to Spectrum After Using 5G
Over the last five years there has been, and to an extent continues to be, plenty of hype about what 5G will do. Driverless cars, remote surgery, the metaverse — all buzzwords that have yet to materialize in any real way.
One area where it has noticeably helped change our lives? It finally provides some long-overdue competition to cable companies for home broadband. I’ve been exploring whether 5G and technologies like it (known as “fixed wireless”) could replace traditional home broadband over the past year, testing out midband solutions from Verizon and T-Mobile, as well as millimeter-wave options like Honest Networks .
I ditched my Spectrum subscription and even switched my apartment to Honest, which provides gigabit upload and download speeds to our building for $50 per month. It was great for months, and I would’ve been happy to continue using it.
At least, until Spectrum came knocking.
Competition breeds deals

Spectrum’s deal of three months free was awfully compelling.
Screenshots by Eli Blumenthal/CNET
Since ditching Spectrum I got a flyer in the mail offering three months of free TV and internet if I switched back. There were no contracts or commitment strings attached either. The company seems to be hoping that once people sign up, they won’t leave again so quickly.
As an avid sports fan, the appeal of traditional cable was certainly enticing for the rest of the NFL and college football regular seasons, MLB postseason and the beginning of the NBA and NHL campaigns. Getting and