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For the companies, academics, and countries putting time and money into developing the technologies for 5G, yes, it is a race.

• rdiddly 7y ago
  I wish it were more of an archery match. How close can we get to what's right through calm carefulness and skill? Races are full of compromises and waste.
  • XMPPwocky 7y ago
    Unfortunately, we've put a giant distributed paperclip optimizer in charge of resource allocation and it really likes races.
  • tomohawk 7y ago
    When AT&T had a monopoly, they had cell phone technology available in the 40s. It was not pushed because the thinking was that only rich people would ever need it. Careful plodding thinking and planning ruled the day, and it took 40 years. https://reason.com/2017/06/11/we-could-have-had-cellphones-f/ https://reason.com/2017/06/11/we-could-have-had-cellphones-f...
    • swiley 7y ago
      According to your article it was due to a lack of licenses, similar to the fact that there are no community run cell networks (like WiFi networks) due to a lack of licenses.