5G roadblock: labor

Mon Jan 6 06:07:03 UTC 2020

On 5/Jan/20 22:37, Sabri Berisha wrote:

>
> My instinct tells me it will be some form of low earth orbit satellites. In
> the past I worked for a GEO satellite ISP and while that technology has its
> drawbacks, those are mostly resolved with transponders in LEO. 

As a method to reach the 03b + under-served remote areas, perhaps. But
the economics and technical performance don't make sense for LEO to be a
last mile technology in a major metropolis.

>
> That said, in my dreams it will be something like this:
> https://phys.org/news/2019-12-entanglement-long-distance-free-space-quantum.html
>
> Imagine a world where you have one half of a quantum entangled particle in
> your device, with the other half being on the ISP premises. Instant
> wireless communication. I do apologize for the highly off-topic sci-fi here :)

That goes beyond the realm of my imagination ;-).

Mark.