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"It’s unclear how many smaller base stations would be needed for 5G service. But it’s widely believed that there would need to be exponentially more because of
by KaiserPro 9y ago
"It’s unclear how many smaller base stations would be needed for 5G service. But it’s widely believed that there would need to be exponentially more because of the limited distance the signals can travel"
Lets unpack this:
1) there is and has been lots of modelling to work out if the frequency bands are viable for business.
2) Where on the exponential curve is it? double? Quadruple? don't use terms that one clearly doesn't understand.
3) "Widely believed" is not a good source. Fucking talk to the scientists that are doing the moedelling. Do you honestly think that the entire international mobile industry is going to just guess as to how many Basestations are needed?
4) "more because of the limited distance the signals can travel" Do you know what this means? propogation is limited, which means that exposure is more than likley to be less. Its simple physics that propagation on the 4-6Ghz bands is nowhere near as much as 700Mhz. (https://gsacom.com/5g-spectrum-bands/ https://gsacom.com/5g-spectrum-bands/)
5) once again, if range is limited, so is exposure.
Once again a lack of basic science, combined with clickbate has continued to undermine valid criticism and replace it with bone headed stupidity.
If you are worried about 5G, why the fuck do you use Wifi? wifi is both 2.4 ghz, and 5 ghz.
- piker 9y ago> If you are worried about 5G, why the fuck do you use Wifi? wifi is both 2.4 ghz, and 5 ghz. Assuming one chooses to use Wifi in one's home, perhaps the criticism is still valid because such choice is just that--a choice. By contrast, one is forced to expose oneself to radio waves legally propagating in public spaces.
- lloeki 9y ago$ /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/airport -s | wc -l 31 I have no choice but to bathe in 2.4GHz (out of 30, two are 5.GHz).
- TeMPOraL 9y agoBluetooth and other stuff work on 2.4GHz too.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoI'm conflicted about this, because on the one hand, people should have a choice about things that happen to them. On the other hand, if you let them, you get things like this, or anti-vaccination movements. What can one do?
- pasta 9y agoAnti-vac is a public issue.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoSo will be anti-RF, if you let many people get deadly scared of radio waves.
- benshell 9y agoNothing is more important than medical freedom. You're welcome to vaccinate--you have that right--but vaccines have been proven to be unsafe for many. The federal government has paid $3.6 billion to compensate, and that's after they've denied most claims (those without undeniable proof it was the fault of the vaccine).
- KaiserPro 9y agoYou are bathed in lots of RF everyday. However its almost entirely background noise. Buy a field strength meter have a look. Most exposure is either from the universe, or a multitude of unknown sources
- zeep 9y agoHome routers are very limited in transmission power ... the cell towers probably not as much...
- KaiserPro 9y agoInverse Square law says that this isn't a fair comparison