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Maybe I’m not forward thinking enough, but I’ve yet to hear any compelling new use cases for 5G. I’m doubtful it’ll be of much use for self-driving cars or robo

by kylec 7y ago

Maybe I’m not forward thinking enough, but I’ve yet to hear any compelling new use cases for 5G. I’m doubtful it’ll be of much use for self-driving cars or robotic surgery, and 4G is more than fast/low latency enough for my phone needs and the needs of most people. I really don’t see how 5G is going to add anywhere close to $12T to the economy.

langitbiru 7y ago
Game Streaming (like Google Stadia), AR/VR (because you need to download the models which are usually big). Accoding to AngelList newsletter that I read: https://sg-mktg.com/MTU1NTYwNzI3Nnw4YzJTNW5sbi1uQW9ScXVCOElJZExqYkZNc2pIbWY0Y2YzZG1PVHV3d1Z0SVBiUVhxaFU4OEY2WkJoTUt0N08tUFlaTTYyRGo0dG84Zlh5cnhqYlpPTi1VSzM0MHBEM2prckdHM2Jlc1JhcDJXQmZZUjlrOEZJQmV3UEJ4VjFQVDZScll2UW9TaXJaemlkVWNWZFdHNFNFcTUyY2ZPRDhWa29BaHNUcHh0d203YzJTQS1hb2NmclZ0MVM3Tkh6a0pFa2Z2OTcwVzJCakR6VTVnM2tuZ3BYQklJWE5TcVlkRThXUUNRd3Y0U3VMdWhFZEhhWm9pYzNMdGhRRFRCckJremlzRUx1Y0NCUT09fH3OIHQ7IJUN8R1EvI4Nx8YJN5N7ge9jxMzpV_bWzf7f https://sg-mktg.com/MTU1NTYwNzI3Nnw4YzJTNW5sbi1uQW9ScXVCOElJ...
- pdimitar 7y ago
  That is reasonable but IMO they are over-estimating the market size. And businesses are very interested in the return of investment metric. Investing in 5G in some of the areas with predicted boom might just turn out to be too expensive in comparison with the expected revenue.
  - thereisnospork 7y ago
    The big one that grabs my interest is as a cable internet replacement, I would love to be able to ditch Comcast.
    - pdimitar 7y ago
      They will probably lobby their way out of this as well. Not sure if there's any hope for the USA to break free of carrier oligopoly.
      - jeffbax 7y ago
        I don't know if it's 5g or not but I have 300-500Mb wireless internet in Boston right now. There's at least two companies doing it.
tormeh 7y ago
Initially I guess it'll be used for places where there are a lot of people and the extra bandwidth is needed. Stadiums, airports, convention centers, etc.
Scoundreller 7y ago
I agree, but for different reasons. We need some orders of magnitude reductions in data prices. If I’m paying dollars for each gigabyte, making them faster serves to use to me.
bbatha 7y ago
I don’t think it will be revolutionary in countries with good last mile high speed. IMO 5g will neutralize most of the benefits of last mile deployments and be much cheaper to deploy. This will be a major boon for overstretched 4g networks in the developing world. 5g is theoretically fast enough to compete with landline ISPs directly in most of the US. I suspect we’ll start to see landline internet with the same regard as landline phones in a decade or so. Especially as personal computers (rather than smart devices) continue to fall out of favor in home use.
willio58 7y ago
Think of any wireless device that a human directly or indirectly interacts with that is connected to the internet. Almost all of those will be eventually replaced with faster alternatives. Boom, 5G everywhere in 10 years.
pocpoczoc 7y ago
Internet of Turds

by kylec 7y ago

langitbiru 7y ago

Game Streaming (like Google Stadia), AR/VR (because you need to download the models which are usually big). Accoding to AngelList newsletter that I read: https://sg-mktg.com/MTU1NTYwNzI3Nnw4YzJTNW5sbi1uQW9ScXVCOElJZExqYkZNc2pIbWY0Y2YzZG1PVHV3d1Z0SVBiUVhxaFU4OEY2WkJoTUt0N08tUFlaTTYyRGo0dG84Zlh5cnhqYlpPTi1VSzM0MHBEM2prckdHM2Jlc1JhcDJXQmZZUjlrOEZJQmV3UEJ4VjFQVDZScll2UW9TaXJaemlkVWNWZFdHNFNFcTUyY2ZPRDhWa29BaHNUcHh0d203YzJTQS1hb2NmclZ0MVM3Tkh6a0pFa2Z2OTcwVzJCakR6VTVnM2tuZ3BYQklJWE5TcVlkRThXUUNRd3Y0U3VMdWhFZEhhWm9pYzNMdGhRRFRCckJremlzRUx1Y0NCUT09fH3OIHQ7IJUN8R1EvI4Nx8YJN5N7ge9jxMzpV_bWzf7f https://sg-mktg.com/MTU1NTYwNzI3Nnw4YzJTNW5sbi1uQW9ScXVCOElJ...

pdimitar 7y ago
That is reasonable but IMO they are over-estimating the market size. And businesses are very interested in the return of investment metric. Investing in 5G in some of the areas with predicted boom might just turn out to be too expensive in comparison with the expected revenue.
- thereisnospork 7y ago
  The big one that grabs my interest is as a cable internet replacement, I would love to be able to ditch Comcast.
  - pdimitar 7y ago
    They will probably lobby their way out of this as well. Not sure if there's any hope for the USA to break free of carrier oligopoly.
    - jeffbax 7y ago
      I don't know if it's 5g or not but I have 300-500Mb wireless internet in Boston right now. There's at least two companies doing it.

tormeh 7y ago

Initially I guess it'll be used for places where there are a lot of people and the extra bandwidth is needed. Stadiums, airports, convention centers, etc.

Scoundreller 7y ago

I agree, but for different reasons. We need some orders of magnitude reductions in data prices. If I’m paying dollars for each gigabyte, making them faster serves to use to me.

bbatha 7y ago

I don’t think it will be revolutionary in countries with good last mile high speed. IMO 5g will neutralize most of the benefits of last mile deployments and be much cheaper to deploy. This will be a major boon for overstretched 4g networks in the developing world. 5g is theoretically fast enough to compete with landline ISPs directly in most of the US. I suspect we’ll start to see landline internet with the same regard as landline phones in a decade or so. Especially as personal computers (rather than smart devices) continue to fall out of favor in home use.

willio58 7y ago

Think of any wireless device that a human directly or indirectly interacts with that is connected to the internet. Almost all of those will be eventually replaced with faster alternatives. Boom, 5G everywhere in 10 years.

pocpoczoc 7y ago

Internet of Turds