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Re:Saint Helena Island Communications by Scoundreller on Monday September 25, 2023 @03:26PM (#37649240)
I’m thinking with 4G, 5g, one day 6g and one day 7g, physical data infra’s days are numbered or will become a premium product at the residential level.

Except in Canada and elsewhere where the mobile and wireline providers are the same and deliberately keep mobile pricing high enough to disincentivize cord cutting.

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Re:Saint Helena Island Communications by wffurr on Monday September 25, 2023 @04:24PM (#37650080)
None of those create more radio spectrum. I don't see a real replacement for wireline fiber and ethernet ever.
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Re:Saint Helena Island Communications by Scoundreller on Monday September 25, 2023 @05:40PM (#37651084)
Each "g" let us modulate more data in the same channel size. Spectrum re-use via smaller cells is virtually limitless.

And we're re-allocating more spectrum for 2-way data regularly.

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Re:Saint Helena Island Communications by BenjiWiebe on Monday September 25, 2023 @07:14PM (#37652057)
But if the cells keep getting smaller, at some point it will be cheaper to just bury that one fiber to beat out 12G plus the next 5 generations, rather than buy another cell to cover that one household.
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