As a side note on the safety of high bandwidth/high powered 5G, we should be tracking the eventual deployment of low power/high range 5G.
Low band 5G can traverse much greater ranges than current cell towers, allowing areas without current infrastructure or services to join the "internet age." This is a coming development that should be on the radar for everyone on this list. Low-band and mid-band signals aren’t hampered by rain, humidity, and oxygen molecules, so they can travel much farther than millimeter waves and still effectively carry data. The downside is they deliver it at lower bandwidth—30-250Mbps for low-band and 100-900Mbps for mid-band. https://www.networkworld.com/article/3575361/vendors-lengthen-the-range-of-5g-millimeter-wave-transmissions.html https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2019/02/05/building-inclusion-into-5g-wireless-networks/ One low band (600-700MHz) tower can cover hundreds of square miles with 5G service that ranges in speed from 30 to 250 megabits per second (Mbps). [a considerable difference from 300 meters for the early 5g high band, but that and low band are seeing constant range extension] https://venturebeat.com/2019/12/10/the-definitive-guide-to-5g-low-mid-and-high-band-speeds/ Low band is currently being treated as an afterthought, or only useful for IoT. The focus right now is on high band 5G (with a bone thrown to urban and rural US inclusion), but the industrialized nations will make the equipment cheap quickly so that developing areas can deploy coverage. 225mBps is a lot better than none, or satellite access. yrs, Shava Nerad [email protected] https://patreon.com/shava23
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