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We all run WiFi networks for our home ... Not our phone provider... This is more of a steamroller to make us pay for what we now get for free....

nabla9 2y ago
These are not run by phone provider. They are unlicensed just like WiFi. You have to buy your own base station. Its for IoT, factory automation, home use. 5G small cell architecture.
- ryao 2y ago
  Getting SIM cards for a private 5G network seems like a pain. eSIM would avoid the need for physical cards on paper, but I wonder if iOS and Android will take eSIMs from a random entity without the cooperation of Apple and Google respectively. I remember hearing that some conference at some point did its own 4G network with its own SIM cards. They had gotten permission to use licensed spectrum for the duration of the event. Unfortunately, I do not remember which conference. If I did, I would look at what they said about how they got the SIM cards for it.
  - nabla9 2y ago
    There is usually plenty of them with the package when you buy the station. If you only need Wifi, you should not invent reasons not to get 5G station.
    - ieidkeheb 2y ago
      I want to be honest here, but your position that this is for home users needs facts to back it up.
  - christina97 2y ago
    AWS did this for something to showcase their 5G product which does exactly that.
  - noprocrasted 2y ago
    eSIMs all need to have a chain of trust all the way back to some GSMA gatekeepers. As usual with all kinds of mobile telco stuff, it's never open and really doesn't like people messing around (partly because people messing around might find how much of a broken, insecure and "designed by committee" shit-show most of it is).
- ieidkeheb 2y ago
  They say private networks ... they do not say who owns or manages the private networks ... For all private networks could mean is a enterprise grade private network... I would be seriously skeptical about this ... The last part on the link about LWA is pause for thought. This does not look like it is meant for end users.

nabla9 2y ago

These are not run by phone provider. They are unlicensed just like WiFi. You have to buy your own base station. Its for IoT, factory automation, home use. 5G small cell architecture.

ryao 2y ago
Getting SIM cards for a private 5G network seems like a pain. eSIM would avoid the need for physical cards on paper, but I wonder if iOS and Android will take eSIMs from a random entity without the cooperation of Apple and Google respectively. I remember hearing that some conference at some point did its own 4G network with its own SIM cards. They had gotten permission to use licensed spectrum for the duration of the event. Unfortunately, I do not remember which conference. If I did, I would look at what they said about how they got the SIM cards for it.
- nabla9 2y ago
  There is usually plenty of them with the package when you buy the station. If you only need Wifi, you should not invent reasons not to get 5G station.
  - ieidkeheb 2y ago
    I want to be honest here, but your position that this is for home users needs facts to back it up.
- christina97 2y ago
  AWS did this for something to showcase their 5G product which does exactly that.
- noprocrasted 2y ago
  eSIMs all need to have a chain of trust all the way back to some GSMA gatekeepers. As usual with all kinds of mobile telco stuff, it's never open and really doesn't like people messing around (partly because people messing around might find how much of a broken, insecure and "designed by committee" shit-show most of it is).
ieidkeheb 2y ago
They say private networks ... they do not say who owns or manages the private networks ... For all private networks could mean is a enterprise grade private network... I would be seriously skeptical about this ... The last part on the link about LWA is pause for thought. This does not look like it is meant for end users.