Monty Solomon wrote:
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/09/verizon-5g-home-internet-70month-300mbps-to-1gbps-speeds-no-data-caps/
In which it says,
"Verizon said its 300Mbps to 1Gbps download speeds are achieved with 'deep
fiber resources throughout the network' and 'a large deployment of small
cells.' While the home Internet service uses multiple spectrum bands, Verizon
said it is heavily dependent on millimeter wave frequencies, 'the only spectrum
with the bandwidth to realize the full 5G potential for capacity, throughput
and latency.'"
Exactly. You can't fool mother nature. To achieve the bandwidth needed to
duplicate today's wired service, you have to go way up in frequency, especially
in urban and suburban environments, or really anything outside distant rural.
Then, going to the highlighted "deep fiber resources," you get to this:
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/verizon-spends-1b-on-fiber-but-its-for-5g-wireless-not-more-fios/
"'Why not just take the fiber all the way to the home like you had with FiOS?"
asked CNBC's David Faber. "Does it save you a lot of money to have 5G for that
last little bit to the home?'
"'Yeah, absolutely,' McAdam answered. The CEO continued, 'when we deployed
FiOS, we would run a strand into a neighborhood, a cable that had maybe six or
eight strands [of fiber] in it. Now we're going to drop off six or eight
strands to every streetlight in every neighborhood. ..."
So, heavy deployment of infrastructure, only difference between this and FiOS
being you don't need the house call to each household.
Since AT&T is also deploying something similar, it will be most instructive to
see whether the two will coexist in the same neighborhoods. My bet is, they
will not, for reasons of ROI. My bet is, coexisting with the one cable TV
company is all they can justify.
And then there's the wireless access point on all these neighborhood street
lights, right outside your bedroom window. Let's see how much controversy that
will raise.
Bert
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