the demo is that expectations were set that could never be achieved.
Add up these issues, and you can see why the carriers are highly reluctant to show off something that's likely to have issues or fail when used and tested outside of the narrow scope of the demos. With limited backhaul and spectrum to use, the 5G speeds we'd see in testing would be nowhere near the 1-2Gbps that will come in the real world networks. But the funny part is, in trying to protect from those potential failures or shortcomings, they're showing off demos that make them — and their networks — look even worse. All we're seeing in these demos is a physical version of a press release — both Verizon and AT&T are showing us towers and devices connected to towers, with examples of use-cases for the