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Hoping wireless will solve the B.B. problem is laughable. It doesn’t matter what technology you use, the airwaves are a single shared medium while wires are ess
by orev 8y ago
Hoping wireless will solve the B.B. problem is laughable. It doesn’t matter what technology you use, the airwaves are a single shared medium while wires are essentially private sanctums of bandwidth within their own little environment with essentially the same bandwidth in each wire. Wireless companies are still charging per Gb, while wireline companies charge per 100s of Gb. People use streaming all the time, and that’s only increasing. Wireless is not going to be viable for the streaming future of 4K, etc for a very long time, and even when the tech is ready, the providers are still going to charge huge sums for that access. If wireless really is cheaper to build out, then why the huge disparity in price per Gb?
- leetcrew 8y agoi can see that there is a public benefit in having accessible broadband for every citizen. it is important that people out in the sticks still have access to the news, for example. but is it really of critical importance that everyone have access to 4K netflix streams?
- zw123456 8y agoOne of the keys here that a lot of people miss is that mm-wave alone will not fill the BB need. It is the combination of sub-6ghz and mm-wave. 5Gnr works in high band, mm-wave and low/mid-band. This is the key, using each in the appropriate situation. mm-wave in dense urban, fiber rich areas, sub-6 in more rural and xburbs.