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Has 5g brought anything positive to this world? So much hype but all it seems to have done is make flying more unsafe, create more ugly towers in cities and dis

Has 5g brought anything positive to this world? So much hype but all it seems to have done is make flying more unsafe, create more ugly towers in cities and discharge my phone faster. Seems like boondoggle territory to me.

jollyllama 4y ago
Don't forget, it's impacted weather forecasting too.
- zackmorris 4y ago
  Came here to say the same thing: https://www.salon.com/2022/03/14/how-5g-could-send-weather-forecasting-back-to-the-1970s_partner/ https://www.salon.com/2022/03/14/how-5g-could-send-weather-f... The central issue here is greed. The bands used for science (like 23.8 GHz) are critical, but not enough concern was given to them, so neighboring bands were auctioned off without proper consideration of consequences from interference, due to lobbying pressure from telecommunications companies. From the article: While the FCC's 2019 auction of the 24 GHz spectrum band generated $2 billion in revenue for the Department of the Treasury, the costs from severe weather could be much greater. This is the type of unintended consequence that comes with privatization of government services. What looks like a cost savings in the short term ends up being a cost increase in the long term. See also: the commons, natural monopoly.
uncomputation 4y ago
Faster data rates, lower network congestion, more efficient spectrum allocation, and private commercial networks for IoT. There are many benefits. Although, perhaps marketing has oversold those benefits that will be passed into consumers. Largely, 5G will benefit network operators, carriers, and industry. 5G has not appreciably made “flying more unsafe.” If anything, this is a good push to start updating altimeters to spec (installing bandpass filters, better testing) which actually will make flying more safe because currently these altimeters are susceptible to out of band frequencies.
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dreamcompiler 4y ago
I've learned that every time I'm near a city center and my phone loses connection or gets very slow, there's a little "5G" showing in the status bar. Every damn time. Sometimes I'm able to mess with the network settings to turn off 5G and go back to 4G, and then my phone works fine again.
sneaky_verily 4y ago
It enables smart cities with more surveillance to keep us all safe.

jollyllama 4y ago

Don't forget, it's impacted weather forecasting too.

zackmorris 4y ago
Came here to say the same thing: https://www.salon.com/2022/03/14/how-5g-could-send-weather-forecasting-back-to-the-1970s_partner/ https://www.salon.com/2022/03/14/how-5g-could-send-weather-f... The central issue here is greed. The bands used for science (like 23.8 GHz) are critical, but not enough concern was given to them, so neighboring bands were auctioned off without proper consideration of consequences from interference, due to lobbying pressure from telecommunications companies. From the article: While the FCC's 2019 auction of the 24 GHz spectrum band generated $2 billion in revenue for the Department of the Treasury, the costs from severe weather could be much greater. This is the type of unintended consequence that comes with privatization of government services. What looks like a cost savings in the short term ends up being a cost increase in the long term. See also: the commons, natural monopoly.

uncomputation 4y ago

Faster data rates, lower network congestion, more efficient spectrum allocation, and private commercial networks for IoT. There are many benefits. Although, perhaps marketing has oversold those benefits that will be passed into consumers. Largely, 5G will benefit network operators, carriers, and industry. 5G has not appreciably made “flying more unsafe.” If anything, this is a good push to start updating altimeters to spec (installing bandpass filters, better testing) which actually will make flying more safe because currently these altimeters are susceptible to out of band frequencies.

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dreamcompiler 4y ago

I've learned that every time I'm near a city center and my phone loses connection or gets very slow, there's a little "5G" showing in the status bar. Every damn time. Sometimes I'm able to mess with the network settings to turn off 5G and go back to 4G, and then my phone works fine again.

sneaky_verily 4y ago

It enables smart cities with more surveillance to keep us all safe.