Trump team considers nationalizing 5G network

Re:Trump team considers nationalizing 5G network by djsumdog on Sunday January 28, 2018 @10:40PM (#16255180)

It's interesting how in most previous administrations, newspapers would simply say "The Whitehouse." After all, it's more than just Trump. Really it's all the lobbyist, advisers and special interest groups that really run the country.

Second, the China thing is just so stupid on so many levels. Exactly where are we going to get all the infrastructure to build a 5G network? It all gets manufactured in China. So whatever intentional and unintentional security holes are in that hardware, it's going to come over here anyway.

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Re:Trump team considers nationalizing 5G network by freewizard on Monday January 29, 2018 @12:46AM (#16255567)

It sounds a lot like the effort to push Apple to build iPhone in US. End of day, consumers pay for it. It's hard to see how it could work economically.

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Re:Trump team considers nationalizing 5G network by hoopladler on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @08:08PM (#16270521)

I think electronics could work in the US. Lead times are very important. It takes a very long time for a component to arrive from Shenzen. If you have a domestic electronics industry, even a bad one, it's always at a huge advantage - since they're just a phonecall away. If you have an acceptable one, you can have really low inventory, make phones as people buy them, and cut a corner on your competitors that way.

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