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Re:Samsung TVs May Upload Screenshots for Automatic Content ... by Nextgrid on Saturday December 28, 2019 @12:35PM (#21900252)
Everyone is all hyped up about 5G and its "potential" for IoT which means carriers could offer cheaper plans making it viable for these devices to come with a cellular connection out of the box.

But I agree, on a technical level, 5G isn't necessary for this. In fact, given the low data rate and non-interactivity of it (it doesn't really matter if the screenshot takes 10 minutes to transfer) they could even get away with GPRS or EDGE.

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Re:Samsung TVs May Upload Screenshots for Automatic Content ... by Scoundreller on Saturday December 28, 2019 @02:16PM (#21901020)
The slower protocols usually get the more penetrating frequencies since they’re better optimized for getting a link in the first place.

I think the real push for 5G is that it could replace physical infrastructure and regulators only have policies for forcing availability of physical infrastructure. At least in Canada anyway.

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