With the advent of 5G home and wireless services, the “net neutrality” argument falls down like a house of cards. If one internet provider does something stupid, like block certain websites, consumers will simply switch providers.
Powerful wireless transmitter at your curb. Are we sure that is a-ok for our brains? Especially small children? Not for me, thanks.
Hmmm. Does the “EU” know about this yet? They have some strong feelings about taxing internet stuff and thi————LOLOLOLOL! I musta forgot. We DON’T care what the “yewwww” thinks.
How much is this new service?
The premise of this piece will make sense when most of the country has access to multiple 5G or wired providers.
From what I know about 5G technology it will be a long time before it’s widely available outside of densely populated areas.
What’s different about 5G Home is that it doesn’t require digging trenches or laying cable to hit those blistering speeds. Instead, it uses new wireless transmission technology. That means Verizon can start offering fiber optic speeds anywhere in the country, simply by installing mini cell towers in a given area.
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Yes, but those mini cells have to be 500 feet apart and I’m guessing connected to trenched fiber.
That and along with the censorship from Big Tech makes net neutrality seem like the awful speech nullifier it really is.
I tried to find out what the coverage area is for the Houston area....and cannot find details, without signing up for email updates.
Anyone know how to find this info out? Is it only in downtown Houston?
TIA.
I would just be happy if they added a cell tower a mile closer to the house.
Nevermind....looks like it’s just a ‘city’ thing, for now....to improve city services, etc.
And now it’s time to apply the same rules to Facebook and Google
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I'm sure the Devil's in the details.
I work for a wireless carrier that is largest in the country. My area is GA and AL.
Get rid of your tin foil hat, unless you always have to wear it.
5G will make a big difference and change everyone’s use of the internet.
My job for the past few years was set on gearing up for the 5G roll out. I am working on the Super Bowl that will be in Atlanta next year.
Fur us rural citizens, high speed internet isn’t a monopoly, it’s a nonopoly. I have zero options. No Comcast, no Charter (formerly Time Warner), no local cable company. The telco, which has a hub site approximately 1 mile (cable distance) from my house and provides basic twisted pair copper for my “landline” telephone system, refuses to install a DSLAM, or any other internet gear (high speed, or not), because it’s not cost effective for them. I get a blazing 1 Mbps download, and around 500 kpbs upload when tethering to my AT&T phone. I got 4-5 Mbps down, and 4-5 Mbps up on a Verizon JetPack hotspot, but that is limited to 15 Gb per month, and then throttled to 600 kbps.
*IF* Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile &/ Sprint installed 5G at either of the two towers less than 2 miles (as the crow, or RF flies) from my house, I, and the hoity-toity neighbors would be on them in a microsecond.
*UNTIL* that happens, we’re hosed.