[1st-mile-nm] IEEE: 5G is in Danger of Being Oversold

[Masha Zager]

It’s not. See this: http://www.bbcmag.com/2017mags/Mar_Apr/BBC_Mar17_5GNotAnswer.pdf

 

 

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From: 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of Doug Orr
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 7:16 PM
To: rl at 1st-mile.org
Cc: 1st-Mile-NM
Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] IEEE: 5G is in Danger of Being Oversold

 

I'm unclear as to why 5g fixed is going to be cheaper to deploy than fiber. If the state charges $250/antenna... that buys a lot of hardwired installer time. And the antennas need backhaul, presumably, so lighting up a neighborhood in anticipation of new customer uptake... that seems a lot like upgrading infrastructure that would be needed if the idea is to offer faster aggregate speeds. 

 

What's the model here?

 

Does anyone know of real world benchmarks for 5G applications (e.g., netflix)?

 

  Doug

 

On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 1:47 PM Richard Lowenberg <rl at 1st-mile.org> wrote:

Following on recent postings.     RL

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Commercial service is years away, but even then, 5G won’t fulfill all of
its promises

https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/internet/5g-is-in-danger-of-being-oversold

By Stacey Higginbotham

Just like graphene or Elon Musk’s startups, 5G has become a technology
savior. Proponents tout the poorly defined wireless technology as the
path to virtual reality, telemedicine, and self-⁠driving cars.

But 5G is not a technology—it’s a buzzword unleashed by marketing
departments. As early as 2012, Broadcom was using it to sell Wi-Fi. In
reality, 5G is a term that telecommunications investors and executives
sling around as the solution to high infrastructure costs, the need for
more bandwidth, and a desire to boost margins.

The unifying component behind 5G is faster wireless broadband service. A
more stringent—and practical—definition is the use of high-frequency
millimeter waves (in addition to the microwaves that 4G LTE relies on
today) to deliver over-the-air broadband to phones or homes.

If you’re talking about phones, 5G is still years away. And new services
aren’t really on the menu. Just listen to the heads of several
telecommunications companies, who have begun to tamp down investors’
expectations around what 5G can deliver.

(snip)


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