[LINK] Why 5G will disappoint everyone

[Kim Holburn]

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3310067/mobile-wireless/why-5g-will-disappoint-everyone.html

> Wireless connections that are 20 times faster? What could be disappointing about that?

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> Sci-fi author William Gibson’s observation that the “future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed” rings especially true for 5G.

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> The technologies behind 5G enable the use of very high frequencies. The higher the frequency, the shorter the wavelength. Shorter wavelengths enable faster speeds and lower latency.
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> But there’s the catch: With shorter wavelengths, the distance between the device and the “tower” has to be much shorter, and the signal has a harder time penetrating through materials such as walls and trees. To get around those obstacles, companies need to deploy vastly more towers than existing technologies do.


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