The author went the entire article without actually defining what 5G is. If he had, it would have made some of the discussion points more obviously moot. 4th g

The author went the entire article without actually defining what 5G is. If he had, it would have made some of the discussion points more obviously moot. 4th generation has limits on total devices, power utilization, bandwidth, latency and coverage that 5th generation improves upon. Carriers are the ones who want to move to 5G - they are clubbing phone manufacturers to do so, and then both are marketing it so people buy into the new infrastructure. You'll see other groups (smart cities, autonomous vehicles and private IoT deployments) with technical need. In the US, we saw T-Mobile push for lower frequency usage at the start to improve their rural coverage, while their Sprint side pushed for more of the bandwidth-improving urban coverage. The article has several quotes from people who are using 5G for cheaper last mile for home internet - this could be a mobile hotspot or an antenna installation. This will provide more competition for internet service in areas that have had effective monopolies on broadband. The towers and frequencies are being switched over to 5G, with emulation for handling older technologies. I would expect as the networks start to go past the capabilities of LTE, there will be congestion controls which will give LTE customers less bandwidth or lower quality of service at times.