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Wired connectivity certainly isn't either. I find myself using my home internet connection almost exclusively for movies and games -- not exactly the great inno
by exelius 12y ago
Wired connectivity certainly isn't either. I find myself using my home internet connection almost exclusively for movies and games -- not exactly the great innovative services everyone talks about.
I use my phone for almost everything else: online shopping, communication, news consumption, even work since I tether my laptop to it when I'm on the go. It's a lot more convenient; and the only thing I really need high bandwidth for is media playback.
- nknighthb 12y agoHow do you think your wireless signals get to the rest of the world? Microwave backhaul is almost dead, those cell towers (and there are tons of them in urban environments, partly for want of spectrum) are wired up with fiber.
- edraferi 12y agoexactly. Plus even if I'm on my phone I prefer the speed and reliability of my own Wi-Fi.
- exelius 12y agoOf course wired is used for backhaul between wireless nodes and the internet; but I'm speaking as a consumer technology. Wired access is definitely here to stay for infrastructure uses.