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5G covers what 4G does as well IIRC. The really high frequency stuff is only what makes the news. Also the advantage of 5G as far as I'm concerned is being abl

• AnthonyMouse 5y ago
  > 5G covers what 4G does as well IIRC. The really high frequency stuff is only what makes the news. Right, right, the really high frequency stuff is what we're talking about. It's confusing that they stick so many things under the same label. The parts of "5G" that are just 4G with better radios and algorithms are useful but also not so contentious. But for that you wouldn't need more towers at closer intervals. > Also the advantage of 5G as far as I'm concerned is being able to connect things (possibly in a mesh?) And now we're talking about a third thing. It could actually be quite useful to open up more unlicensed spectrum for things like this -- if nothing else so we could get better Wi-Fi to hook up to the fiber. But that's a different thing than having Verizon install a cellular tower on the end of every street corner for high frequency cellular 5G and then not having them come the rest of the way with the fiber into your house, which still seems like some kind of a bad joke.