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>5G-NR standard only gives a 15-20% 15-25% is _fucking_ _huge_. Even a few percent increase would be worth it for telcos.
by emilfihlman 7y ago
>5G-NR standard only gives a 15-20%
15-25% is _fucking_ _huge_. Even a few percent increase would be worth it for telcos.
- woah 7y ago15%-20% might be huge for Verizon’s CFO and shareholders, but it’s inconsequential for consumers who are currently being sold some terabit-IoT-self-driving-car-VR-surgery yarn in an effort to get governments to give handouts of property and spectrum to anyone waving the magical 5g sauce.
- Cookiesaurusbex 7y agoIt's also inconsequential for everyone who has a data cap on their phone plan. Running out of data 20% sooner isn't a win for people who can't afford a luxury plan.
- emilfihlman 7y agoThis is absolutely a 100% silly way to look at it. The same amount of data is used even if you had slow or fast internet.
- emilfihlman 7y agoAnd who do you think is pushing for 5G? The companies who will benefit from this 15-20%.
- superkuh 7y agoIt's 20% not 25% (more accurately, 19%). These are real numbers not something I made up. And the increase in bandwidth from 3G to 4G was ~4x, 400%, so the increase from 4G LTE modulation to 5G NR is pretty marginal in comparison.
- emilfihlman 7y agoI quoted, I didn't come up with the numbers.