> And again, what is all of this for? The "crowded stadium" justification is BS, it's all about IoT. Companies want to put a cell radio in every appliance you

> And again, what is all of this for? The "crowded stadium" justification is BS, it's all about IoT. Companies want to put a cell radio in every appliance you own, so they can collect telemetry and possibly send you ads. Some high value consumer products, particularly cars, are already doing this. And of course many other products are already using wifi, but in that case the user can simply choose to not enter their wifi password, denying their "smart" TV the ability to spy on them. Using cell radios takes this control away from the user, but getting that many more devices connected to cell networks will require new infrastructure that can handle the scale. Enter 5G.