5G roadblock: labor

Ben Cannon ben at 6by7.net
Mon Dec 30 20:56:42 UTC 2019


5g protocol will of course eventually replace LTE simply because it makes better use of the real asset, spectrum.

5G is just a protocol it changes dramatically depending on spectrum.

-Ben

> On Dec 30, 2019, at 12:54 PM, Mike Hammett <nanog at ics-il.net> wrote:
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> I mean it's inevitable that 5G replaces 4G. It just comes down to the spectrum the given carrier uses that dictates speed and range. In the US, AT&T and Verizon are deploying in the millimeter bands. They'll do a gig at a few hundred feet. T-Mobile is using 600 MHz, so it'll probably only do 100 megabit (based on the small channels they have), but it'll go 10+ miles through nearly anything. Sprint is in the middle. They'll be able to do hundreds of megs at miles of range.
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> Lower latency is another advantage of 5G.
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> 
> -----
> Mike Hammett
> Intelligent Computing Solutions
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> From: "Matt Hoppes" <mattlists at rivervalleyinternet.net>
> To: "Shane Ronan" <shane at ronan-online.com>, "Mark Tinka" <mark.tinka at seacom.mu>
> Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog at nanog.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2019 2:12:13 PM
> Subject: Re: 5G roadblock: labor
> 
> What are the other benefits of 5G?   My 4G/LTE works when I go behind 
> things, miles from the tower, and delivers between 5 and 20 megabits 
> which is more than enough for anything I'm doing on a mobile device.
> 
> On 12/30/19 3:10 PM, Shane Ronan wrote:
> > If you are looking at speed as the only benefit to 5G, you are missing 
> > out on many of the other benefits.
> > 
> > And as far as WiFi goes, let me know when we have seamless national WiFi 
> > roaming and handoffs, because only at that point will it beat 5G.
> > 
> > Shane
> 
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