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Re:What is the best dumb TV? by kllrnohj on Saturday October 03, 2020 @02:13AM (#24669968)
5G doesn't change the economics of having cell radios nor paying for cell data.

Why would notoriously low margin products like a TV ever pay for such a lavish addition when most people voluntary connect it to wifi or ethernet anyway?

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Re:What is the best dumb TV? by zxcb1 on Saturday October 03, 2020 @03:10AM (#24670226)
A TV is no longer a TV when it is part of a lucrative network of sensors; this not only represents a risk for the buyer, it fundamentally alters what a product is, while reducing language to newspeak.
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Re:What is the best dumb TV? by ViViDboarder on Saturday October 03, 2020 @11:42AM (#24672745)
But still, 5G changes nothing. Why have they not had this since 3G radios could be found in a Kindle?
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Re:What is the best dumb TV? by m463 on Sunday October 04, 2020 @06:17AM (#24677750)
search for "comcast lpwan" or machineq or "comcast iot"

just make an agreement with one company, done.

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