*Update Post #9, not good* - Asking about 5G - vs DSL wifi, fiber optic [View all]

Along the lines of being extremely Low Tech, my internet use is basic - email, about a dozen news websites, Roku Stick, tablet with the same basics - along the lines of how comedians joke about their elderly relatives doing this.

I've been on DSL router/modem? with a Local (not national) provider for 15-20 years, almost entirely without problems. About six months ago there were several outages, with the provider sending a tech who checked the outside connection box and the inside wiring from an ancient landline jack, and the main telephone company laid a new outside cable. Ended up buying a second router/modem from the provider. Things sort of settled down, then another outage and I asked about fiber optics which was not fully covering this area and a sales tech from the fiber place came around, and the price was $20 more per month than the DSL.

Meanwhile, my phone from a second tier national company works with wifi (plus 5G when I'm out and about) . And they have a 5G product about the size of my router/modem that plugs into the wall (no cable). The price comes to the same as the fiber optic.

********QUESTIONS:

* Is the 5G (home internet) covering the same as the current DSL - wifi, laptop, tablet, Roku?

* Is the 5G same, better, worse than fiber optic?

* Any other ups and downs. Tia