5G roadblock: labor

Thu Jan 2 10:32:57 UTC 2020

On 1/1/20 10:35 AM, Brandon Butterworth wrote:
> On Wed Jan 01, 2020 at 09:29:20AM -0500, jdambrosia at gmail.com wrote:
>> Given the deployment of Wi-Fi into so many different applications
>> - your statement that 5G is to "replace" WiFi seems overly ambitious
> 
> We might think that but it is serious. They want to own it all
> and there is a small cabal of operators owning the spectrum so
> little room for new competitors.
> 
Deployed WiFi '5' (ac) and WiFi '6' (ax) already outperform mobile 5G.

If this were actually about performance, the standards would have
converged.  And there wouldn't need to be so many additional patents.
The primary purpose seems to be barriers to entry and competition.

> [...]
> 
>> Perhaps preventing WiFi from further penetration is a better way
>> to look at it?
> 
> If the mobile companies are providing the WiFi routers they can
> control it (see LTE WiFi attempt) and one day replace it with
> 5G or 6G in all the things. If they make a better job of it than
> everyones devices fighting for 5GHz then they may succeed.
> 
Agreed.  In my previous job, having spent considerable time talking to
various standards' body participants, "replace" was the word used.