I mean it's inevitable that 5G replaces 4G. It just comes down to the spectrum the given carrier uses that dictates speed and range. In the US, AT&T and Verizon are deploying in the millimeter bands. They'll do a gig at a few hundred feet. T-Mobile is using 600 MHz, so it'll probably only do 100 megabit (based on the small channels they have), but it'll go 10+ miles through nearly anything. Sprint is in the middle. They'll be able to do hundreds of megs at miles of range.
Lower latency is another advantage of 5G. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Hoppes" <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> To: "Shane Ronan" <sh...@ronan-online.com>, "Mark Tinka" <mark.ti...@seacom.mu> Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2019 2:12:13 PM Subject: Re: 5G roadblock: labor What are the other benefits of 5G? My 4G/LTE works when I go behind things, miles from the tower, and delivers between 5 and 20 megabits which is more than enough for anything I'm doing on a mobile device. On 12/30/19 3:10 PM, Shane Ronan wrote: > If you are looking at speed as the only benefit to 5G, you are missing > out on many of the other benefits. > > And as far as WiFi goes, let me know when we have seamless national WiFi > roaming and handoffs, because only at that point will it beat 5G. > > Shane
