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(5) Common myth about cellular connectivity
Debunking 5 Persistent Myths in Professional Wireless Deployments: Discover why relying solely on 5G falls short on reliability, why larger antennas aren’t always better, why no single carrier can guarantee nationwide superiority, why all SIMs are far from equal due to hidden routing and priority issues, and why truly unlimited consumer data plans often fail under enterprise demands - revealing the realities behind achieving consistent, high-performance connectivity.
Author
Anton Shmakov
Published on
Oct 25, 2024
Blog Categories
Bonded cellular
5G Technologies
5G is necessary for professional deployments.
While 5G does provide superior performance when there is an excess capacity, the 4G is still better for the baseline performance as it has better coverage, propagation, and overall predictability.
Size of antennas makes all the difference.
Size does matter, but only for rural, low signal strength applications. In busy environments such as convention centers, often the limiting factor is the noise and not a signal strength, which renders size of antennas irrelevant.
The carrier X has superior coverage and can meet all your needs.
While regionally and locally there is often a carrier with better performance, at a country scale the picture is quite diverse and the only way to guarantee best performance is by leveraging all of the carriers simultaneously at all times.
All SIMs are created equal.
The two concepts you need to be aware of is network priority and data routing. The former is regulated by the carrier, the latter – by data brokers. It is not uncommon to see a SIM which routes your data from NY to NJ through a Singapore server, obviously adding to latency and degrading performance
Data is cheap, I can get unlimited plans for $30!
Unfortunately, these are consumer plans and have stipulations on limits and speed throttles after reaching a certain usage during the billing cycle. Business and enterprise data plans tend to cost notably more, but also provide higher quality, more reliable connection
Conclusion
In professional wireless deployments, true reliability and efficiency are achieved not through dependence on a single technology, carrier, or oversized hardware, but via intelligent multi-network aggregation, optimized data routing, and enterprise-grade connectivity solutions. By moving beyond outdated myths - embracing simultaneous access to all available networks, eliminating unnecessary site surveys and carrier negotiations, and delivering genuine plug-and-play simplicity - we empower organizations to deploy faster, operate with confidence in any environment, and focus resources on growth rather than infrastructure management. The future of mission-critical connectivity lies in solutions that work everywhere, every time, without compromise.
