Originally Posted by
gfunkdave
5G is the fifth generation, which will provide the everyday capability of gigabit service and low latency. As has been mentioned, this will be mostly useful to the internet of things (allowing another order of magnitude-worth of stuff to connect).
5G also makes using wireless for home/business internet at least somewhat feasible, in theory anyway. Hopefully that pans out, especially since (in the US) we seem to have given up on further wireline internet rollouts.