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Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or is 5G strictly worse than LTE? by HPsquared on Sunday January 29, 2023 @04:32AM (#34566422)
Wireless does has an advantage in terms of redundancy. If the nearest tower fails, you can probably also use another one nearby. Not so with wired connections, where the whole signal chain needs to be intact. Even if the whole network fails, you can probably switch SIM and use a different network.
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Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or is 5G strictly worse than LTE? by headsoup on Sunday January 29, 2023 @07:00AM (#34567298)
I suppose you don't live rurally...

But they both have trade-offs. Wireless allows many connections at once rather easily at the cost of interference and (potentially) speed and reliability, cable is more expensive up front if infrastructure isn't already there.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or is 5G strictly worse than LTE? by renonce on Sunday January 29, 2023 @07:05AM (#34567333)
You can have such redundancy for wire too. People simply figured out that it’s so reliable there is no need for extra redundancy.
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