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Would anyone like to speculate on what new tech we will see that will take advantage of this? I can already stream (to my device) a 4K 60fps video while in a pa

by fyfy18 6y ago

Would anyone like to speculate on what new tech we will see that will take advantage of this? I can already stream (to my device) a 4K 60fps video while in a park, and at home I have gigabit fiber (up and down) which is barely ever used to it's full potential. What cool stuff will I be able to do in 10 years time when I have 10Gbps upload while sitting in a park?

cinquemb 6y ago
One isn't really supposed to ask these questions, and just assume: - that every cellphone user in the world is going to just run out tomorrow and buy a phone that's $200-300 more expensive to replace the phones they have now, have been replacing less and less of in the past half a decade, that they barely utilize to its fullest if the network were just prevalent everywhere today - that some measurable fraction of the towers spaced every 150ft will not be vandalized, broken and sold for scrap in many places in the world and have to be replaced in order to have the throughput as advertised, that the companies will be just excited to replace, whose total cost will be less or the same as current infrastructure costs - that despite the junk rating of many of the biggest teleco corps, they are well capitalized with pay for such a network from the ever increasing profits they reap from current consumers and wont have to rely on more junk financing and will take great care of the infrastructure just like all the great care they have put into existing infrastructure. Nothing in the future could ever threaten their solvency I wish them all the best!
Nursie 6y ago
You'll be able to ditch the home fibre connection. You'll have lower energy use modes available for battery powered IoT devices. You'll be able to be in a very dense crowd and have your services still work. It is also lower latency that 4G, so things like gaming over your 5G connection become more possible. These may not matter to you, but they are use-cases that 5G allows.
- ghaff 6y ago
  It's not clear to me that it makes sense to replace wired with wireless when density is such that fibre can be economically laid to a location. 5G has a lot of possibilities both for improved mobile data and for last mile where it either doesn't exist or is some old 1Mbit ADSL line. But I'm not convinced it will generally make sense to ditch good wired broadband just because 5G is available. Even if you technically could, I expect the economics won't work out, e.g. throttling/caps/overage charges, for people trying to do a lot of data-heavy things like video streaming if they have an alternative.
- rconti 6y ago
  I spent over a decade waiting for fiber. Now that it's here, I sure don't want to ditch it. Anyway, it's installed. And the fiber itself can almost certainly be used for higher speeds in the future, now that it's there.
baxtr 6y ago
Reminds me a bit of the alleged quote "640K is more memory than anyone will ever need on a computer" It is difficult to know now, but I think the probability is very high that we will "need" the bandwidth down the line for something we will find useful.
MintelIE 6y ago
Smart Dust used to track you because you’re blocking banner ads needs incredible bandwidth, or will in the near future.
mhh__ 6y ago
One thing 5G should allow is getting a lot of data point to point wirelessly - specifically for things like oscilloscopes and such, I remember a guy from keysight saying their big push now is make everything work together on the network (which they can now do with things like 5G)
jotm 6y ago
Well, 2x 4k-8k 90fps streams (maybe both ways) for a VR/AR Headset comes to mind. Why in a park? I dunno, why not
eeZah7Ux 6y ago
Mobile phone carriers can eat the lunch of traditional ISPs.

by fyfy18 6y ago

cinquemb 6y ago

One isn't really supposed to ask these questions, and just assume: - that every cellphone user in the world is going to just run out tomorrow and buy a phone that's $200-300 more expensive to replace the phones they have now, have been replacing less and less of in the past half a decade, that they barely utilize to its fullest if the network were just prevalent everywhere today - that some measurable fraction of the towers spaced every 150ft will not be vandalized, broken and sold for scrap in many places in the world and have to be replaced in order to have the throughput as advertised, that the companies will be just excited to replace, whose total cost will be less or the same as current infrastructure costs - that despite the junk rating of many of the biggest teleco corps, they are well capitalized with pay for such a network from the ever increasing profits they reap from current consumers and wont have to rely on more junk financing and will take great care of the infrastructure just like all the great care they have put into existing infrastructure. Nothing in the future could ever threaten their solvency I wish them all the best!

Nursie 6y ago

You'll be able to ditch the home fibre connection. You'll have lower energy use modes available for battery powered IoT devices. You'll be able to be in a very dense crowd and have your services still work. It is also lower latency that 4G, so things like gaming over your 5G connection become more possible. These may not matter to you, but they are use-cases that 5G allows.

ghaff 6y ago
It's not clear to me that it makes sense to replace wired with wireless when density is such that fibre can be economically laid to a location. 5G has a lot of possibilities both for improved mobile data and for last mile where it either doesn't exist or is some old 1Mbit ADSL line. But I'm not convinced it will generally make sense to ditch good wired broadband just because 5G is available. Even if you technically could, I expect the economics won't work out, e.g. throttling/caps/overage charges, for people trying to do a lot of data-heavy things like video streaming if they have an alternative.
rconti 6y ago
I spent over a decade waiting for fiber. Now that it's here, I sure don't want to ditch it. Anyway, it's installed. And the fiber itself can almost certainly be used for higher speeds in the future, now that it's there.

baxtr 6y ago

Reminds me a bit of the alleged quote "640K is more memory than anyone will ever need on a computer" It is difficult to know now, but I think the probability is very high that we will "need" the bandwidth down the line for something we will find useful.

MintelIE 6y ago

Smart Dust used to track you because you’re blocking banner ads needs incredible bandwidth, or will in the near future.

mhh__ 6y ago

One thing 5G should allow is getting a lot of data point to point wirelessly - specifically for things like oscilloscopes and such, I remember a guy from keysight saying their big push now is make everything work together on the network (which they can now do with things like 5G)

jotm 6y ago

Well, 2x 4k-8k 90fps streams (maybe both ways) for a VR/AR Headset comes to mind. Why in a park? I dunno, why not

eeZah7Ux 6y ago

Mobile phone carriers can eat the lunch of traditional ISPs.