Cities Are Saying ‘No’ to 5G, Citing Health, Aesthetics, and FCC Bullying

Re:Cities Are Saying ‘No’ to 5G, Citing Health, Aesthetics, ... by jhncls on Saturday August 24, 2019 @12:28PM (#20788056)

Maybe it just works fast because there still are only a very limited number of users? And will speeds and latencies drop as the airspace gets more saturated?

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Re:Cities Are Saying ‘No’ to 5G, Citing Health, Aesthetics, ... by apcragg on Saturday August 24, 2019 @12:41PM (#20788135)

In short - some but not really. 5G NR allows for extremely efficient resource block allocation and can handle ~10x more concurrent users than 4G. The latency should not degrade as long as the carriers don't do weird things with traffic allocation - the standard allows for ~4ms worst case latency.

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Re:Cities Are Saying ‘No’ to 5G, Citing Health, Aesthetics, ... by renaudg on Saturday August 24, 2019 @12:31PM (#20788078)

I believe 5G handles congestion much better. But even if the speed drops, it will still be an order of magnitude faster than 4G. Absolutely worth it.

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