Lower frequency: lower information density (and better penetration and distance).4g connections can be fairly fast, there is just not enough bandwidth for a lot of them as would be required with a large cell. Which is why they are pushing out to more antennas with more, smaller, higher speed cells backed with a local fiber infrastructure. A lot of what's happening is were getting a fiber infrastructure plus wireless plus mobile.<div><br><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.cio.com/article/3226451/networking/5g-a-few-frequency-facts.html">https://www.cio.com/article/3226451/networking/5g-a-few-frequency-facts.html</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The penetration issue is present for 4g as well, which is why hotels or office buildings will have local cells inside to ensure good coverage inside. It's just worse if you are trying to keep individual connections high speed.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Feb 21, 2019, 6:47 PM Christopher Mitchell <<a href="mailto:christopher@ilsr.org">christopher@ilsr.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Regarding the lower frequencies, did they discuss the amount of bandwidth available?  I believe T-Mo is going to use those lower frequencies but common expectation is significantly lower capacity I thought.</div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_1931545963566755687gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Christopher Mitchell</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Director, Community Broadband Networks</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Institute for Local Self-Reliance</span><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br><a href="http://www.muninetworks.org/" target="_blank">MuniNetworks.org</a><br><div>@communitynets</div><div>612-545-5185</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 5:56 PM Michael Harris <<a href="mailto:mharris@visgence.com" target="_blank">mharris@visgence.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I just listened to this podcast where they go into some of the deeper technical detail of high frequency 5G and point out that there are 5G schemes that run on lower frequencies where you don't need a cell every 100m<div><br></div><div><a href="https://theamphour.com/430-shahriar-discusses-5g/" target="_blank">https://theamphour.com/430-shahriar-discusses-5g/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Something else that they point out is that the mm wave tech is not going to wind up in phones, but is more for vehicles or PTMP fixed wireless. </div><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 4:30 PM Doug Orr <<a href="mailto:doug.orr@gmail.com" target="_blank">doug.orr@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>This one is kinda new to me but makes perfect sense. Rather than say, "5g building penetration sucks leaving it of marginal utility indoors" we have a marketing program for neighborhood small cells (!) which are open access (!!) and sound positively homey.</div><div><br></div><div>I hate marketing.</div><div><br></div><div>Looks to me like you need to augment or replace your wifi with an open access NSC (neighborhood small cell!) in order to watch high def cat videos on your phone indoors. </div><div><br></div><div>These reports make it clear that this is nothing but upside.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2018/10/22/samsung-and-qualcomm-work-deliver-industry-leading-5g-nr-small-cell" target="_blank">https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2018/10/22/samsung-and-qualcomm-work-deliver-industry-leading-5g-nr-small-cell</a><br></div><div><a href="https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2018/10/15/ubiquitous-5g-experiences-small-cells" target="_blank">https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2018/10/15/ubiquitous-5g-experiences-small-cells</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Marketing bonuses all around.</div><div><br></div><div>And a <a href="https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2018/04/12/fcc-takes-action-accelerate-small-cell-deployments-and-strengthen-5g-readiness" target="_blank">word from Qualcomm's Dean Brenner</a> who lets us know that we'll need small cells "indoors and out" and applauds the FCC's steamroller,</div><div><br></div><div>  Doug</div></div>
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