<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">5g protocol will of course eventually replace LTE simply because it makes better use of the real asset, spectrum.<div><br></div><div>5G is just a protocol it changes dramatically depending on spectrum.<br><br><div dir="ltr">-Ben</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 30, 2019, at 12:54 PM, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000">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.<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Lower latency is another advantage of 5G.<br><br><div><span name="x"></span><br><br>-----<br>Mike Hammett<br>Intelligent Computing Solutions<br>http://www.ics-il.com<br><br>Midwest-IX<br>http://www.midwest-ix.com<span name="x"></span><br></div><br><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Matt Hoppes" <mattlists@rivervalleyinternet.net><br><b>To: </b>"Shane Ronan" <shane@ronan-online.com>, "Mark Tinka" <mark.tinka@seacom.mu><br><b>Cc: </b>"North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, December 30, 2019 2:12:13 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: 5G roadblock: labor<br><br>What are the other benefits of 5G? My 4G/LTE works when I go behind <br>things, miles from the tower, and delivers between 5 and 20 megabits <br>which is more than enough for anything I'm doing on a mobile device.<br><br>On 12/30/19 3:10 PM, Shane Ronan wrote:<br>> If you are looking at speed as the only benefit to 5G, you are missing <br>> out on many of the other benefits.<br>> <br>> And as far as WiFi goes, let me know when we have seamless national WiFi <br>> roaming and handoffs, because only at that point will it beat 5G.<br>> <br>> Shane<br></div><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>