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> So perhaps you're assuming that 5G will result in unlimited data and the obsolescence of cable internet as a result, but that's not obvious, at least to me.
by ailideex 7y ago
> So perhaps you're assuming that 5G will result in unlimited data and the obsolescence of cable internet as a result, but that's not obvious, at least to me.
For some reason with every new generation of mobile broadband many people think this is just around the corner but I have yet to find any basis for this belief.
- rayiner 7y agoIt's actually been happening for awhile now: https://www.telecompetitor.com/pew-smartphone-only-homes-grow-now-1-in-5-use-smartphones-exclusively-for-internet-access; https://www.telecompetitor.com/pew-smartphone-only-homes-gro... https://www.pewinternet.org/2015/12/21/home-broadband-2015 https://www.pewinternet.org/2015/12/21/home-broadband-2015. Fixed broadband use peaked in 2013, at 70%. Now it's at 65%.