It’s going to turn us all into Democrat zombies.................
Haha I just got to 4g. Used a 3G slider phone for 12 yrs. Last May just got my first smart phone.....
All current cell phones use a radio for connectivity. The only difference with 5G may be the frequency of the signals.
This 5G hysteria has to stop. This is pure mysticism.
I never go for the latest electronic hardware, software or newest gadget right away. Kinda like buy a car that’s in the 1st year of manufacture, theres always bugs.....restaurants can be like that too.....hiccup type bugs for restaurants, not the insect type....well, maybe that too. :)
Someday I may actually consistently carry my old flip phone ... but don’t count on it.
Frankly, I just do not care if anyone or the government needs to reach me.
Oh please!
People have NO idea what is already zipping through their bodies.
I work in IT and had a lady complain that the wireless access point above her desk was giving her headaches. Her symptoms went away when I “moved” it. All I did was stick it above the tile with no noticeable loss in power or coverage. It was just out of sight.
Mill Valley is a rich kook land full of NIMBYs. They want all cell towers, engergy generation, landfills, and other evil things to be put in “less important” places.
So the new cell towers are going to turn us into mind-controlled zombies.
Instead of worrying about that, which won’t happen, worry about Google deliberately changing searches to produce PC-compliant results.
Satan needs a way to track those with his mark.
Commonsense is good idea with a phone. Use a headset. My recurring challenge is to get my boys to not use iPads sitting on their lap.
Total bad science. I traced the origens of this ripoff from Drudge yesterday. Complete BS!
And your ripoff blog ain’t good, either.
My first thought after reading the first two paragraphs and arriving at the old ‘microwave causes cancer’ ploy is that the RBOCS (Comcast(Xfinity), Verison, etc.) feel threatened like a spurned spinster at a Kavanaugh hearing.
If I am seeing this correct in a historical context, 5G represents a decentralization of the last mile allowing all sorts of homegrown ISPs to get in the game. RBOCs can’t have that.
My old flip phone could care less...
It competes with cable and landlines so there are lots of companies that are not happy to see it. %G exists in most other countries. Its pretty darned fast. And its likely that millennial would never pay a cable bill or a land line bill if 5G became common.
If it’s on the public sidewalk or corner, can’t you build a Faraday shield cage at the same height to protect your property?
5G will deliver broadband internet into homes at much faster speeds than is standard now. You hook up the 5G receiver to your wifi modem and you’re set. Cable companies are scrambling to figure out a response because 5G is much faster than even fiber optic cable, and it’s cheaper because you don’t have to buy right of ways and string cable to each residence.
This article is high on paranoia and low on substance.
First, let me qualify my position as a “5G Expert.” By that, I mean that I manage a major cellular provider’s 5G technology initiative, and probably the first “real” 5G network we will see in the US.
5G is misunderstood by most people, who think of the traditional cell tower (what we call a “macro-cell”) to be their connection point to the wireless network.
In order to achieve wireless gigabit speeds, and account for population density, 5G is really a seamless transition between multiple access vectors to the network.
The future of wireless really many very small access points in high-density areas supplemented by the traditional “macro-cells” in low-population and rural areas. Millimeter-Wave AP’s have ranges literally measured in feet.
In 20 years, I expect every street light and sign post to have a small cell installed on it, with handsets and portable devices roaming between them every 50 feet instead of every 3 miles.
There is no nefarious intent here, or government intrusion into your cellular network, unless it’s at the FISA level. If government wants access to a citizen’s phone calls, it requires a wiretap warrant, same as with a landline.
Femto/Micro Cells are not being spread around for surveillance purposes or as a way bombard people with radiation. Millimeter Wave disperses after 100’ in air. It doesn’t penetrate skin. If anything, it’s safer than the 600mHz radio waves tearing through bodies and walls 24/7 for existing 3G/4G.
The real benefit here will be the ability to finally truly “cut the cord.” 5G will be as fast or faster than most broadband internet currently available, and you won’t be stuck with Comcast/Cox cable anymore.