“, we might get teams of people in Ukraine or India operating the trucks for a fraction of American wages. “
I hope there will be enough band width.
[I hope there will be enough band width.]
1G, 2G ... 5G, 6G, etc are attempts to subdivide current radio frequencies into ever smaller slices, for cellular service, via a combo of improved software and hardware. Will 5G provide sufficient bandwidth for the operation of fleets of remotely-operated trucks? We’ll find out soon enough. Verizon is offering unlimited 5G for ~$100 a month. Even at $500 per month per truck, it would be a bargain, in the context of remotely-operated semis. The question is whether Verizon can deliver the service promised - sufficient bandwidth to provide simultaneous live hi-res video feeds that operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for over a million commercial users.