https://www.computerworld.com/article/3310067/mobile-wireless/why-5g-will-disappoint-everyone.html
> Wireless connections that are 20 times faster? What could be disappointing > about that? ... > Sci-fi author William Gibson’s observation that the “future is already here — > it’s just not very evenly distributed” rings especially true for 5G. ... > The technologies behind 5G enable the use of very high frequencies. The > higher the frequency, the shorter the wavelength. Shorter wavelengths enable > faster speeds and lower latency. > > But there’s the catch: With shorter wavelengths, the distance between the > device and the “tower” has to be much shorter, and the signal has a harder > time penetrating through materials such as walls and trees. To get around > those obstacles, companies need to deploy vastly more towers than existing > technologies do. -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request _______________________________________________ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
