It depends on which technology is implemented for 5G. In one model, the user's device can become a node to propagate wireless signals. The idea is, in an 'inter

It depends on which technology is implemented for 5G. In one model, the user's device can become a node to propagate wireless signals. The idea is, in an 'internet of things' where every device is sending and receiving signals concurrently, you get this decentralized virtual network spanning multiple bands, that is dissociated from the physical infrastructure like cell towers. Networks on this 5G 'cloud' become niche based and much cheaper to operate, and there is no single provider bottleneck. In other words, 5G is supposed to be not only orders of magnitude faster than 4G (it's essentially global wifi), it's also orders of magnitude cheaper. After reading this article though, I'm starting to wonder how much of this is pure marketing nonsense.