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The counter 5G bandwagon seems to be largely comprised of conspiracy theories, dubious health claims, and unqualified assertions that people don't want more ban
by Junk_Collector 6y ago
The counter 5G bandwagon seems to be largely comprised of conspiracy theories, dubious health claims, and unqualified assertions that people don't want more bandwidth. Why would you poison a legitimately important topic like spectrum allocation with associations like that?
- grawprog 6y agoPersonally, I dislike how the conspiracy nonsense has kind of covered up the actual criticisms of 5g that existed prior to suddenly everyone thinking it's a great idea and if you don't, you're a conspiracy theorist. I seem to recall this revolved around, questionable tangible benefits vs cost of deployment, poor penetration of 5g signals through structures, a lack of devices or internet plans to take advantage of 5g, and some other things that just seem to have taken a back seat to all the bullshit.
- duskwuff 6y agoOne has to wonder if some of the nonsense criticisms of 5G (causes disease, government conspiracy, etc) have been deliberately amplified to drown out legitimate technical concerns.
- ta17711771 6y agoBingo...
- dvfjsdhgfv 6y agoThis is a genuine problem: the current polarization means that you are either in favor of 5G or a conspiracy theorist. This is not a healthy atmosphere for a rational discussion about long-term impact of 5G.
- sq_ 6y agoI was under the impression that there are serious non-conspiracy concerns about the impact of 5G networking on weather satellits [0]. Something along the lines of "they use a frequency in the range used by 5G in order to see water vapor". [0] https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a27311067/5g-weather-forecasting/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a...
- tonyztan 6y agoYes. Another source: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03609-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03609-x