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The author has a point to suggest that 5G is overhyped. Increasing data vastly will be nice, but it won't change anything fundamentally. I suspect usage will g

The author has a point to suggest that 5G is overhyped. Increasing data vastly will be nice, but it won't change anything fundamentally. I suspect usage will go up, caps will go up - but I don't suspect any new lines of business to come out of this. A 'quicker 5G rollout' will not make any economy more competitive, or given them an advantage. 5G will require different tower configs and will be a pain for carriers. I'm buying a new device right now and for the first time I'm looking to downgrade. I hardly use my data, and I could care less about all these stupid apps bothering me. I want a cheaper, simpler option. 5G will probably make 'dongles for your laptop' more in consumer range for prices, in which we may see people shift away from cable, that will be nice. And using that or pumping Netflix from my mobile to the screen might be nice.

SapporoChris 7y ago
Sorry, 'I don't suspect any new lines of business to come out of this.' is akin to '640K of memory should be enough for anybody' (falsely attributed to Gates) There's a lot of speculation of what new lines of business and evolving lines of business spring from 5G capabilities. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-16/south-korea-s-embrace-of-5g-may-usher-in-an-era-of-robot-friends https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-16/south-kor... Other areas just off top of my head: Mobile gaming including Mobile VR, Autonomous Vehicles where lower latency promised by 5G is critical, and replacement of wired data services with wireless.
- sonnyblarney 7y ago
  Mobile gaming and autonomous vehicles are already developing industries and will develop irrespective of the availability of 5G. We're already not close to utilizing the full bandwidth power of LTE for example.
  - fsiefken 7y ago
    My Oculus Quest might well be soon saturating my 4G with h.265 or h.264 encoded VR streams; teleporting me and others all over.
- JohnFen 7y ago
  > Mobile gaming including Mobile VR This will be a tiny market for the foreseeable future, 5G or not. > Autonomous Vehicles where lower latency promised by 5G is critical Far from critical, autonomous vehicles that require network connectivity at all are a terrible idea. > replacement of wired data services with wireless. Why is this a big deal?
JohnFen 7y ago
> in which we may see people shift away from cable, that will be nice I'm not so sure that matters much. Being able to switch from Comcast to one of the cell providers for my internet is more like a lateral move than an improvement.

SapporoChris 7y ago

Sorry, 'I don't suspect any new lines of business to come out of this.' is akin to '640K of memory should be enough for anybody' (falsely attributed to Gates) There's a lot of speculation of what new lines of business and evolving lines of business spring from 5G capabilities. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-16/south-korea-s-embrace-of-5g-may-usher-in-an-era-of-robot-friends https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-16/south-kor... Other areas just off top of my head: Mobile gaming including Mobile VR, Autonomous Vehicles where lower latency promised by 5G is critical, and replacement of wired data services with wireless.

sonnyblarney 7y ago
Mobile gaming and autonomous vehicles are already developing industries and will develop irrespective of the availability of 5G. We're already not close to utilizing the full bandwidth power of LTE for example.
- fsiefken 7y ago
  My Oculus Quest might well be soon saturating my 4G with h.265 or h.264 encoded VR streams; teleporting me and others all over.
JohnFen 7y ago
> Mobile gaming including Mobile VR This will be a tiny market for the foreseeable future, 5G or not. > Autonomous Vehicles where lower latency promised by 5G is critical Far from critical, autonomous vehicles that require network connectivity at all are a terrible idea. > replacement of wired data services with wireless. Why is this a big deal?

JohnFen 7y ago

> in which we may see people shift away from cable, that will be nice I'm not so sure that matters much. Being able to switch from Comcast to one of the cell providers for my internet is more like a lateral move than an improvement.