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5G is the 'largest existential threat to broadband providers
- Nokinside 8y ago5G is replacing copper even companies are not competing with different technologies. In countries where telecom companies provide both fixed broadband and mobile broadband there are plans to shut down last-mile copper and move into fiber and 5G only. Telenor Norway plans to end last-mile copper by 2025. Fixed wireless access has already started with 4GLTE. Already existing services where you get both fiber and 4GLTE together for faster service are also already a reality. The main benefit from 5G over 4G is larger bandwidth cost effectively.
- k__ 8y agoI have 200Mbit/s cabel in the city and they are offering up to 1Gbit/s here, I guess they can keep up with G5 for quite a while. But DSL, that was the savior of broadband here in Germany, doesn't seem to keep up. I really prefer DSL/cabel to "radio" based stuff, latency wise, but I have to admit, if they would let DSL die and pump massive money in G5 to get every last square meter of Germany on mobile connections, it would be better for everyone.
- Nokinside 8y ago5G does not replace fiber everywhere, just copper. One of the benefits of 5G over 4G is extremely low latency. In the industry 5G shows promise in factory/robot automation inside plants. 5G has ultra low latency and free operator independent frequencies that make it WiFi competitor.
- k__ 8y agoAh yes, Somehow I always misstake 5G with LTE. In Germany they're currently selling 200Mbit LTE, which works okay, even for stuff like Skype. And yes you're right. The latency seems to be really low, I just read they target under 1ms and the technology they use also works with LTE, which they got down to 2ms with it.