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Re:Stop global roll out of 5G networks until safety is confi... by bitcharmer on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @11:10AM (#25834835)
I'm a complete ignorant in the matter, so will ask here. Did we have any research like this prior to rolling out 4G? Or is this concern about 5G simply because the frequencies involved are much higher?
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Re:Stop global roll out of 5G networks until safety is confi... by rsync on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @11:12AM (#25834856)
The frequencies may be higher but I believe the power is quite a bit lower - which is the point of 5G, yes ?
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Re:Stop global roll out of 5G networks until safety is confi... by bdamm on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @11:14AM (#25834887)
The objective of 5G is to increase profits for carriers by more deeply entrenching wireless broadband.
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Re:Stop global roll out of 5G networks until safety is confi... by daemoon on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @11:23AM (#25835008)
So you're suggesting that carriers want to make more money? Interesting...
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Re:Stop global roll out of 5G networks until safety is confi... by namibj on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @11:18AM (#25834947)
4G doesn't do anything weird compared to older mobile/cellular radio technology. 5G includes an order of magnitude higher frequencies, with far less penetration depth into humans. Thus the power is dumped into less volume. While the power levels involved seem very safe, we don't have the vast research body of cm waves.
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Re:Stop global roll out of 5G networks until safety is confi... by thu2111 on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @12:16PM (#25835762)
But we do have a lot of research into the effects of radio on biological cells, though. Is the assumption here that less power but higher frequency would somehow have effects on the body that have previously never been noticed and for which there is no present theoretical basis? Is this theory falsifiable in any reasonable way?
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