On 1/Jan/20 16:22, William Allen Simpson wrote:
This thread has devolved into "Why 5G"?
A lot of folks are missing the bigger picture.
5G is not for better voice calls. AFAICT, it won't help voice at all.
5G is not for better integration with WiFi or IP data. 5G is to *replace* WiFi, and FTTH, and ISPs, and WISPs, and bring all data back to the telco. ATT really misses owning the network monopoly.
5G is also about upstaging Amazon and Google and other data center providers. Read up on "Edge Computing". The "edge" isn't in your network or your customers' internal networks. The edge is a telco data center.
That's what they mean by "reducing latency": moving your data processing into a telco data center means it is topologically closer to a cell tower.
5G is mostly about getting more unregulated data-related fees.
Well, the kids don't want to pay for data. Heck, neither do I. On that basis alone, Any-G won't kill wi-fi :-). Mark.