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A comment on Ask HN: In which areas of society do you think 5G will have the biggest impacts?.

Re:Ask HN: In which areas of society do you think 5G will ha... by WheelsAtLarge on Saturday August 25, 2018 @11:04PM (#17843985)
TV as we know it will change. The increase in speed and the always on capability will help streaming tv replace what we know now as over the air tv. What we know as scheduled programming will disappear. Youtube and Netflix will dominate and become the new TV.

This is happening now the difference is that 5g will increase speed, bandwidth will be unlimited and our TVs will always be connected.

I suspect that anyone will be able to start their own 5g streaming service and the impact of that on society will be immense.

We complain about facebook distorting society now imagine a world where anyone can start an easy to use streaming service and they can broadcast anything they want.

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Re:Ask HN: In which areas of society do you think 5G will ha... by Gustomaximus on Sunday August 26, 2018 @08:14AM (#17845595)
> where anyone can start an easy to use streaming service and they can broadcast anything they want.

Why does this change with 5G as compared to today?

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Re:Ask HN: In which areas of society do you think 5G will ha... by WheelsAtLarge on Sunday September 02, 2018 @11:42PM (#17900152)
5g devices will be everywhere and bandwidth will be unlimited as opposed to the metered version we have now. It won't be tomorrow but 20 years from now is a good bet.
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