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What? Faster internet? Again? How 4G helped? 0. We need power efficient network, not faster one. It would be faster than what you get through fiber. Does that m
by _mikz 11y ago
What? Faster internet? Again? How 4G helped? 0. We need power efficient network, not faster one. It would be faster than what you get through fiber. Does that make sense? Shouldn't we focus on making the networks cheap, power efficient and with most possible coverage?
This article screams bulshit to me.
- emj 11y agoFaster transfers means less time and less total power draw from the radio.
- abduhl 11y agoI disagree. Faster transfers just means people will find more garbage to transfer. It's the same principle as with traffic - allowing more capacity often leads to no net decrease in traffic.
- ZenoArrow 11y agoWhy do you think it'll mean less total power draw? Didn't we see that devices consumed more energy when using 4G vs 3G? Why do you suspect 5G will be different? http://developer.att.com/application-resource-optimizer/docs/best-practices/comparing-lte-and-3g-energy-consumption http://developer.att.com/application-resource-optimizer/docs...
- emj 11y agoThanks for the superb article, I'm basing my statements from testing in real world. I have some 3G/4G phones connected to large batteries, transfering 1MB to 100MB now and then, while they do run different kernels the 4G phones consistently draw less power. YMMV!
- 7952 11y ago4G lets a greater number of people use smart phones by increasing the amount of shared bandwidth available.
- EugeneOZ 11y agoI don't need more power efficient, I need exactly faster cellular network internet. I very rarely have issues with phone battery and a lot of times I hate quality of cellular network.