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A comment on Ask HN: Why is 4G not enough and what are the use cases of 5G?.

Re:Ask HN: Why is 4G not enough and what are the use cases o... by p49k on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @08:09AM (#22944667)
5G has extremely low latency, enabling anything that would benefit from that: gaming, telemedicine, low-latency video calls (could potentially allow live music collaboration over video chat, for example)
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Re:Ask HN: Why is 4G not enough and what are the use cases o... by xchip on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @11:10AM (#22946367)
Definitely 5G is not solving any problem in gaming. I work for a company that builds big fat chips for gaming, streaming is a thing but this is the first time I hear that we need 5G. As for the rest, I am already doing that and all works quite well!
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Re:Ask HN: Why is 4G not enough and what are the use cases o... by Nextgrid on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @10:15AM (#22945774)
4G already gives you ~30ms latency which is comparable to a DSL connection and just ~15ms above cable/DOCSIS. All of the things you mention are already possible with 4G if it wasn't for data caps.
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Re:Ask HN: Why is 4G not enough and what are the use cases o... by env123 on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @10:33AM (#22945973)
It will also allow pirates to download 1T of data in 1 min, that's the most important thing
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