Re:Cities Are Saying ‘No’ to 5G, Citing Health, Aesthetics, ...
by mcguire on Saturday August 24, 2019 @04:15PM
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5G is a step back. It's a short range link, which may be nice in a densely populated area, but is useless outside that. And it already seems like providers are rolling back 4G support in rural areas.
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Re:Cities Are Saying ‘No’ to 5G, Citing Health, Aesthetics, ...
by esmi on Saturday August 24, 2019 @06:32PM
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Depends what you’re optimizing for. If you want improved bandwidth and latency it’s definitely not a step back. If you want larger cell sizes it is. The good news is they are not exclusive. One can have 5/4/3 G all coexist, as we do today. Unless the FCC wins it’s court case that is...