5g is competition thus not OT IMHO.

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> On Aug 22, 2020, at 12:51 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
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> AFAIK unless I missed the memo, we only have one special subject header; 
> "OT:".
> 
> If we want to reclassify or maybe just classify we should discuss. 5G is what 
> I would consider on-topic (an unfortunate turn for English that both on and 
> off begin with o; maybe we should use the last letters FC for ofF topiC, and 
> NC for oN topiC).
> 
> Nonetheless we do go down wormholes with alarming frequency. More 
> sub-categories of off topic might be appropriate. However, when I'm slammed 
> for time, I just ignore the OT: subjects until some other time.
> 
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>> On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 11:44 AM Robert <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I am going to define a new Type of Email header...   WH...   WormHole...
>> 
>>> On 8/22/20 11:06 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
>>> BTW, the last few Dilbert comics have been about 5G.
>>> 
>>> https://dilbert.com/
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of cjwstudios
>>> Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2020 12:44 PM
>>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 5G
>>> 
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>>> Isn’t the only improvement in 5G larger channel widths? 
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>>> On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 12:42 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>> In the news:
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>>> AT&T-owned Cricket Wireless is enabling 5G support on some of its 
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>>> plans, . . .  the company’s only 5G compatible device so far is the 
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>>> $1,199 Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus. And getting access to 5G on Cricket 
>>> requires 
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>>> subscribing to one of its Unlimited plans, which start at $60 per month.
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>>> Cricket will likely use AT&T’s low-band 5G network (the announcement 
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>>> didn’t specify much in the way of technical details), which uses low-band 
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>>> 850MHz spectrum technology that has broader range but slower speeds than 
>>> its 
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>>> mmWave 5G, which AT&T calls its 5G Plus network.
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>>> The latter is currently limited to developers and select businesses. 
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>>> T-Mobile also offers its low-band 5G, which it launched in December, to its 
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>>> Metro prepaid customers.
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>>> So, they are finally admitting (it appears) that 5G for mobile devices is 
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>>> marketing hype as we all have known.  Just one number higher than 4G.  
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>>> If it uses low band then it is not anything new in my opinion.  mm wave for 
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>>> a mobile device is nothing more than a lab creature.  And I believe it will 
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>>> remain that way. 
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