Re:Harmful 5G Fast Lanes Are Coming; the FCC Needs to Stop Them
by eru on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @09:00PM
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> See? Free handouts from government, not multiple competing providers.
Huh? We have multiple competing providers for normal paid Internet services.
Btw, I called it 'government wifi', but I think it's actually provided by multiple competing companies (but I don't know how it's financed. I assume the government pays for it. You can research for yourself if you care , it's called 'wireless@sgx'.)
That's beside the point. Nobody is going to rebuild the entire US for better Internet.
> Yes, and that's great. The density of cells goes up with the density of people.
The problem here is the same. If you can get connectivity very close to consumers, you might as well just provide fiber to home.
> The free government wifi we get here in many train stations and hawker centres regularly gives me 50 Mbps (on fast.com), and I never got less than 10 Mbps.
See? Free handouts from government, not multiple competing providers.
> Singtel advertises that they have Gigabit mobile, and that's on 4G technology. 5G is going to be faster.
4G peaks at 100mbps per channel, you can use multiple channels for about 500mbps in total. But that's shared across _all_ users. 5G has better efficiency, so you can get about 2gbps in total for low-frequency (i.e. actually useful) bands.
That's why "1Gbps" mobile Internet borders on false advertising. You _can_ get that speed, but only if all the stars align. It also won't be super-reliable.
> Interesting. How do they get the water to you?
Tanker trucks. It is usually cheaper than municipal water sources because pool filling companies can reuse the water. They also don't need to purify it to drinking water standards (in fact, they can _not_, pool water has to contain fairly high levels of chlorine).