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A comment on Telstra’s Gigabit Class LTE Network. Parent comment

Re:Telstra’s Gigabit Class LTE Network by danudey on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @12:17PM (#13932147)
Spectrum is finite though. You can add more fixed clients by adding more hardware at the CO and running more fibre. Eventually, even if no one is even actively downloading, your cellular network will saturate just from the number of clients.

The same is true of wireless networks today. An 802.11n wifi network is also limited by the number of clients, even if none of them are consuming their share of bandwidth.

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Re:Telstra’s Gigabit Class LTE Network by Dylan16807 on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @12:28PM (#13932257)
Assuming omnidirectional antennas.

If you aim well enough, that finite spectrum is only shared by a handful of clients.

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Re:Telstra’s Gigabit Class LTE Network by LeoPanthera on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @02:44PM (#13933547)
You could go even further and construct some kind of copper tube to send your radio signals down.
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Re:Telstra’s Gigabit Class LTE Network by Dylan16807 on Thursday March 23, 2017 @01:27AM (#13937577)
Yes, having a lot of antennas on the base station is just like attaching a mile-long cable to your cell phone.
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Re:Telstra’s Gigabit Class LTE Network by rayiner on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @06:04PM (#13935426)
Why run a copper tube kilometers when a point to point microwave will be way cheaper?
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Re:Telstra’s Gigabit Class LTE Network by researcher11 on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @09:31PM (#13936757)
Rain
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