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

Re:Cities Are Saying ‘No’ to 5G, Citing Health, Aesthetics, ... by criddell on Saturday August 24, 2019 @03:58PM (#20789353)

> Right now your phone has a sim-card. There might be one in your tablet or your car too. But there is not one in your TV or the lights in your bathroom. But at some point telecommunications technology is going to be so cheap that drawing a wire to connect a button to a light is going to be the expensive option.

Hopefully we don't get there before proper regulation of tech companies is put in place.

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Re:Cities Are Saying ‘No’ to 5G, Citing Health, Aesthetics, ... by jodrellblank on Saturday August 24, 2019 @04:38PM (#20789562)

Is it not already the expensive option when a cheap microphone+chip can be embedded in a light as The Clapper? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clapper

When you can have a smartbulb and a smartphone app, if you already have a smartphone and wifi access point?

When you can buy a wireless doorbell system for $12 which is a free-floating button and triggers a mains powered doorbell remotely? https://www.amazon.com/wireless-doorbell/s?k=wireless+doorbe...

All of that is cheaper than buying, and paying a qualified electrician to run, 10m of cable to a light switch and then plaster/box/paint over it.

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Re:Cities Are Saying ‘No’ to 5G, Citing Health, Aesthetics, ... by criddell on Saturday August 24, 2019 @05:10PM (#20789735)

None of those things have SIM cards.

I wonder over the long run which is better - hard wiring or using batteries?

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