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It's not a solution looking for a problem. The problem is that the existing infrastructure does not support network slicing. Without network slicing the telcos

It's not a solution looking for a problem. The problem is that the existing infrastructure does not support network slicing. Without network slicing the telcos are severely limited in their pricing models. "5G" is just them trying to convince consumers that this is for their benefit.

acqq 7y ago
Thanks! Just reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5G_network_slicing#Key_concepts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5G_network_slicing#Key_concept... "The "one-size-fits-all" network paradigm employed in the past mobile networks (2G, 3G and 4G) is no longer suited to efficiently address a market model composed by very different applications like machine-type communication, ultra reliable low latency communication and enhanced mobile broadband content delivery.[2][11]" "to address a market model" in the sentence seems to support your claim.
Gnarl 7y ago
True! Right now telcos loathe being locked in as fixed-price dumb bit-pipes for the content providers, the netflix'es, facebooks & amazon's, who are making all the money. Thus: 5G.
- mac01021 7y ago
  How will 5g fix this for them?
- leereeves 7y ago
  It's competition and regulation, not technology, that prevents telcos from charging as much as they'd like. How will network slicing change that?
Spooky23 7y ago
I’m sure it solves the problem of making more money for the carriers and letting Verizon, et al, bust the CWA. It (it being the millimeter wave 5G) doesn’t solve any problem that a customer has.
bogomipz 7y ago
>"The problem is that the existing infrastructure does not support network slicing" What does "network slicing" mean here? I'm not familiar with this term.