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Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or is 5G strictly worse than LTE? by gmokki on Sunday January 29, 2023 @01:40AM (#34565558)
Wireless consumes more energy. So it is more enironmentally friendly to go with wires, especially fiber. Personally I like to have both, wired main connection and wireless as backup.
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Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or is 5G strictly worse than LTE? by mattmaroon on Sunday January 29, 2023 @01:52AM (#34565612)
Is it though? What’s the environmental footprint of manufacturing, installing, and maintaining all of those wires?
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Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or is 5G strictly worse than LTE? by mynameisvlad on Sunday January 29, 2023 @01:59AM (#34565640)
While not as much, installing and maintaining the 5G endpoints also requires all that, and they generally have to be wired to achieve low latency, meshing only does so much and the speed of light is going to win out for backhauls.
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Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or is 5G strictly worse than LTE? by adgjlsfhk1 on Sunday January 29, 2023 @02:01AM (#34565647)
A lot lower than manufacturing chips to do the complex signal processing needed for fast and reliable wireless.
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