5G roadblock: labor

Mon Dec 30 21:14:18 UTC 2019

On 12/30/19 12:36 PM, Mike Hammett wrote:
> 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.
>
>
> Lower latency is another advantage of 5G.
>

The latency argument is what interests me. Supposedly 4G's latency and 
jitter are tough on voip. If that improves there is just no reason for 
TDM to phones which is a significant development because cell phones are 
probably the largest deployment of old style PSTN stuff these days as 
landlines wither and die. I would think that carriers would embrace that 
since it would be a cost-down, but I'm sure I'm wrong since that would 
be admit defeat to IP.

Mike

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