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If (and its a big if) they can get this off the ground I see this as more of a threat to CDNs then to cloud hosting providers as it makes zero sense to do anyth
by bognition 8y ago
If (and its a big if) they can get this off the ground I see this as more of a threat to CDNs then to cloud hosting providers as it makes zero sense to do anything but host content at the cell tower.
Hosting compute is completely bonkers as only those customers who connect to a tower where you've co-located your compute will see the speed up. So you either co-locate everywhere, or you only co-locate if you have a geographically isolated set of users.
- thekhatribharat 8y agoThis is not just for human users, but also for internet connected robots and that includes ground and aerial robots doing everything from delivery to inspection to surveillance, etc. Not to forget self-driving cars. Just like today's data centers are strategically located close to where the demand is, these micro data centers would also be located close to where most robotics activity happens - A small industrial area could be one example, a highly automated urban locality could be another. These data centers coupled with wireless 5G standard provide huge benefits to internet connected robots.