In locations with high population densities, there is nothing you can do to LTE to provide adequate service.
Shane On Fri, Jan 3, 2020, 8:46 AM Mike Hammett <na...@ics-il.net> wrote: > Obviously if the technology is available, works well, and is reasonably > priced, 5G it up. However, if you're adding small cells every 500', > tripling the amount of "towers" you have... does it matter much if it's > LTE or NR? You're adding hundreds of megs if not gigs of capacity with LTE. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > Midwest-IX > http://www.midwest-ix.com > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Mark Tinka" <mark.ti...@seacom.mu> > *To: *"Saku Ytti" <s...@ytti.fi> > *Cc: *nanog@nanog.org > *Sent: *Friday, January 3, 2020 3:36:52 AM > *Subject: *Re: 5G roadblock: labor > > > > On 3/Jan/20 11:25, Saku Ytti wrote: > > > > > Yes markets differ, and this is not 4G/5G question, only thing 5G does > > is help markets which struggle to provide sufficient service in dense > > metro installations. > > Which brings us full circle - what's the cost of hooking those dense > cities up to 5G in 2020 vs. running fibre to an 802.11ac|ax access point > to serve its residents and visitors, in 2020? > > And more interestingly, if that city's residents and visitors had the > option of connecting to active 5G or wi-fi, what do we think they'd choose? > > Mark. > >
