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Old 04-25-2018, 09:02 AM   #79
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
Those wired monopolies are going to get seriously challenged over the next decade by 5G wireless. That is the reason why ATT and Comcast are buying content producers now. The value of the pipe monopolies is going to decline as more people bypass them.

It won't be today or tomorrow but it does start this year.
And it won't be cheap right away. But once it gets going it'll look a lot like current 4G LTE broadband but much, much faster and the competition will get plenty fierce.

Here:

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/5g-netwo...re-the-basics/


https://www.cnet.com/news/5g-super-s...like-mwc-2018/

I've recently had the need/opportunity to live off a 4G LTE broadband router part-time and have found that it can be an adequate cable internet replacement but, at least in this area at this time, service quality varies a lot, ranging from a high of 30Mbps (yay) to lows in the 1Mbps range depending on time of day. Factor in the speed and capacity boosts from 5G and things will get interesting.

Based on that, I'm mildly hopeful that the days of the broadband monopolies are numbered.

Where there is a need, there is money to be made and ways will be found around the entrenched establishment, whether it big cablecos or big publishing houses.
I'm hoping the 5G would replace cable for internet, but is it doable? I find that 4G would be fine for me as far as speed, it is the capping/pricing that is the killer. Will 5G allow for true no capping with a low price point?
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