I figured someone would bring that likely misquote out at some point. I say likely misquote because there is no evidence that he actually said it.

Now... now very, very few have any "need" for 25 megabit/s via mobile service to their phone. You would be hard-pressed to find an actual need for more than 5 megabit/s to a phone and yet in most areas, you can get well into double-digits on your phone with existing technology and infrastructure. Hell, I can often get over 100 megabit/s on my phone. Seems to work for me.

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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com

Midwest-IX
http://www.midwest-ix.com

From: "Sabri Berisha" <sabri@cluecentral.net>
To: "Brian J. Murrell" <brian@interlinx.bc.ca>
Cc: "nanog" <nanog@nanog.org>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2019 6:52:55 PM
Subject: Re: 5G roadblock: labor

----- On Dec 30, 2019, at 12:54 PM, Brian J. Murrell brian@interlinx.bc.ca wrote:

> Who needs 25mbits to their phone?

Who needs more than 640Kb of memory?

We don't know what the future holds. This is an interesting read, featuring 5g to perform a "hologram" phone call:
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-45009458

Thanks,

Sabri