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The benefit to rural areas comes from Low-band FDD. It will come maybe a year later because current 5G chipsets don't support low-band FDD spectrum yet. Low-ba

The benefit to rural areas comes from Low-band FDD. It will come maybe a year later because current 5G chipsets don't support low-band FDD spectrum yet. Low-band FDD 5G is cheaper to deploy and more energy efficient and yet provides more bandwith than existing 4G. 5G home modems will become very popular in rural areas. Besides, roughly 80 percent of Americans live in urban areas. Why should 5G deployment wait for the rest.

reaperducer 7y ago
Besides, roughly 80 percent of Americans live in urban areas. Are the 20% who live in rural places not full Americans who do not deserve something simply because of their geography? I hope you don't like eating, using a computer, or living in a house because those are the people who grow your food, mine your minerals, and cut your lumber. Why should 5G deployment wait for the rest. No one is saying wait. They're saying that there's no need to hurry through a major deployment that delivers only minor benefits.
- Nokinside 7y ago
  No hurry means no American startups providing new types of applications and services that 5g can provide. US has no companies selling 4g/lte/5g infrastructure for carriers, maybe the US won't have startups selling services either.
- notatoad 7y ago
  When you make the decision to live in a rural area, you know that you're giving up a lot of the conveniences that you take for granted when living in a city. For most people who live in rural areas, slightly worse cell coverage is a perfectly acceptable tradeoff to not having to deal with the noise, crime, and crowding of cities. Nobody deserves 5G.
  - reaperducer 7y ago
    When you make the decision to live in a rural area, you know that you're giving up a lot of the conveniences that you take for granted when living in a city Are you under the impression that when the stork is delivering babies, it asks them where they want to live? There is a subset of people who choose to live in rural areas. But they are not a majority. And the remainder shouldn't be condescended to as if they made a bad life decision and are being punished for not wanting to live in a city. Nobody deserves 5G I'm not arguing that they do. But there are an awful lot of people in this thread who are OK if 3G and 4G never finish rolling out in rural areas as long as they, themselves, get gigabit 5G connections.
    - notatoad 7y ago
      >there are an awful lot of people in this thread who are OK if 3G and 4G never finish rolling out in rural areas as long as they, themselves, get gigabit 5G connections i think those people are simply not making the false conclusion that we can improve rural coverage by preventing the improvement of urban coverage.
jorblumesea 7y ago
Furthermore, if anyone actually read the article, the 5G race is a "winner takes all" affair where the winner will reap hundreds of billions in economic value and shape the future of communications. There are enormous stakes here, from economic to national security. I encourage everyone to read this study: https://media.defense.gov/2019/Apr/04/2002109654/-1/-1/0/DIB_5G_STUDY_04.04.19.PDF https://media.defense.gov/2019/Apr/04/2002109654/-1/-1/0/DIB... The implications of losing the 5G race are huge and it's sad to see a serious level of misinformation and ignorance being represented here. The idea that a delayed roll out is considered acceptable is completely misunderstanding the game we are playing.

reaperducer 7y ago

Besides, roughly 80 percent of Americans live in urban areas. Are the 20% who live in rural places not full Americans who do not deserve something simply because of their geography? I hope you don't like eating, using a computer, or living in a house because those are the people who grow your food, mine your minerals, and cut your lumber. Why should 5G deployment wait for the rest. No one is saying wait. They're saying that there's no need to hurry through a major deployment that delivers only minor benefits.

Nokinside 7y ago
No hurry means no American startups providing new types of applications and services that 5g can provide. US has no companies selling 4g/lte/5g infrastructure for carriers, maybe the US won't have startups selling services either.
notatoad 7y ago
When you make the decision to live in a rural area, you know that you're giving up a lot of the conveniences that you take for granted when living in a city. For most people who live in rural areas, slightly worse cell coverage is a perfectly acceptable tradeoff to not having to deal with the noise, crime, and crowding of cities. Nobody deserves 5G.
- reaperducer 7y ago
  When you make the decision to live in a rural area, you know that you're giving up a lot of the conveniences that you take for granted when living in a city Are you under the impression that when the stork is delivering babies, it asks them where they want to live? There is a subset of people who choose to live in rural areas. But they are not a majority. And the remainder shouldn't be condescended to as if they made a bad life decision and are being punished for not wanting to live in a city. Nobody deserves 5G I'm not arguing that they do. But there are an awful lot of people in this thread who are OK if 3G and 4G never finish rolling out in rural areas as long as they, themselves, get gigabit 5G connections.
  - notatoad 7y ago
    >there are an awful lot of people in this thread who are OK if 3G and 4G never finish rolling out in rural areas as long as they, themselves, get gigabit 5G connections i think those people are simply not making the false conclusion that we can improve rural coverage by preventing the improvement of urban coverage.

jorblumesea 7y ago

Furthermore, if anyone actually read the article, the 5G race is a "winner takes all" affair where the winner will reap hundreds of billions in economic value and shape the future of communications. There are enormous stakes here, from economic to national security. I encourage everyone to read this study: https://media.defense.gov/2019/Apr/04/2002109654/-1/-1/0/DIB_5G_STUDY_04.04.19.PDF https://media.defense.gov/2019/Apr/04/2002109654/-1/-1/0/DIB... The implications of losing the 5G race are huge and it's sad to see a serious level of misinformation and ignorance being represented here. The idea that a delayed roll out is considered acceptable is completely misunderstanding the game we are playing.