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Scoop: Trump team considers nationalizing 5G network
Axios ^ | January 28th, 2018 | Jonathan Swan, David McCabe, Ina Fried, Kim Hart

Posted on 01/28/2018 5:07:10 PM PST by Mariner

Trump national security officials are considering an unprecedented federal takeover of a portion of the nation’s mobile network to guard against China, according to sensitive documents obtained by Axios.

Why it matters: We’ve got our hands on a PowerPoint deck and a memo — both produced by a senior National Security Council official — which were presented recently to senior officials at other agencies in the Trump administration.

The main points: The documents say America needs a centralized nationwide 5G network within three years. There'll be a fierce debate inside the Trump administration — and an outcry from the industry — over the next 6-8 months over how such a network is built and paid for.

Two options laid out by the documents:

The U.S. government pays for and builds the single network — which would be an unprecedented nationalization of a historically private infrastructure.

An alternative plan where wireless providers build their own 5G networks that compete with one another — though the document says the downside is it could take longer and cost more. It argues that one of the “pros” of that plan is that it would cause “less commercial disruption” to the wireless industry than the government building a network.

Between the lines: A source familiar with the documents' drafting says Option 2 is really no option at all: a single centralized network is what's required to protect America against China and other bad actors.

(Excerpt) Read more at axios.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: axios; fakenews
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To: Paladin2

False


121 posted on 01/29/2018 6:56:48 PM PST by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

Thanks.

I was about to call you out as technological Troll’splainer....


122 posted on 01/29/2018 6:58:54 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

Wow you are really angry and going into a completly different direction than what we were originally talking about.

This is FAKE NEWS, and the Trump Administration has already said they are not for this. Ditto the FCC chairman.

Just like we were saying the entire time.


123 posted on 01/29/2018 6:59:41 PM PST by Enlightened1
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To: Paladin2
I think you are mixing and matching things with dual band Routers (typically operate in 2.4 ghz and 5 ghz)? That's not the same as 5g from a Wireless Carrier. 

Here is the 5g spectrum illustrated for you below.Image result for 5g spectrum bands

 

Image result for 5g spectrum bands

124 posted on 01/29/2018 7:00:22 PM PST by Enlightened1
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To: Paladin2

Haha!

Oh don’t call me that it would be the end of the world!

Haha!

Anyhow, we went way in a different direction with this and should be focused on what the article was talking about vs. getting into 5g spectrum. Haha!


125 posted on 01/29/2018 7:02:41 PM PST by Enlightened1
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To: Teacher317

Don’t forget clustering all the bombers together on the airfields in Hawaii and the Philippines.


126 posted on 01/29/2018 7:04:11 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Paladin2

So what you really meant was a 5 GHz bandwidth?

If so, you shoulda said so.


127 posted on 01/29/2018 7:09:58 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Enlightened1

Now that I look at that graphic again, it would seem that 5G means 5th generation.


128 posted on 01/29/2018 7:11:47 PM PST by Paladin2
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