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Re:The Disappointment of 5G by lupire on Thursday April 27, 2023 @08:05AM (#35726793)
Not in remote unwired terrain.

Examples for "wireless" (roadless) transport of physical packets

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipline_(drone_delivery_comp....

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Re:The Disappointment of 5G by dx034 on Thursday April 27, 2023 @08:54AM (#35727291)
In remote areas, Starlink is probably a better bet than 5G to allow for low latency, high bandwidth use cases.
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Re:The Disappointment of 5G by hgsgm on Thursday April 27, 2023 @12:44PM (#35730842)
This arbitrary web site disagrees: 25ms vs 1ms latency.

https://history-computer.com/starlink-vs-5g-which-is-better

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Re:The Disappointment of 5G by dx034 on Friday April 28, 2023 @03:57AM (#35738693)
but which really remote area gives you 5G with 1ms latency? If it's worth to have that infrastructure you might as well have fiber at home.
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