The Promise of 5G

An anonymous reader writes: From instant monitoring of leaking pipelines, to real-time worldwide collaboration, the increase in machine-to-machine communications that 5G allows will change the way we live. This TechCrunch article takes a look at the promise that 5G holds and its possibilities. From the article: "By 2030, 5G will transform and create many uses that we cannot even think of yet. We will live in a world that will have 10-100 times more Internet-connected devices than there are humans. Hundreds of billions of machines will be sensing, processing and transmitting data without direct human control and intervention."

Comments

Flying Car

[Anonymous Coward]

This is the contemporary version of the "flying car". It's nonsense that will never happen. Ever.

Watch out

[PPH]

Hundreds of billions of machines will be sensing, processing and transmitting data without direct human control and intervention.

Your toaster is talking about you behind your back.

Re:Article is completely meaningless

[rockout]

... What? Is 4G too slow for "machines to communicate instantly without any human intervention"?

O RLY? 4G is way too slow for real-time traffic.

Are you having an argument with yourself?

Re: Yeah, maybe we'll get hoverboards too

[binarylarry]

Don't worry T-Mobile's new unlimited plans are unlimited until you exhaust your alloted bandwidth.

Re: Yay!

[binarylarry]

So you're saying Comcast is going to grandfather their old Sodomy plans in for customers changing plans?

Woo hoo!

Re:Waste of time

[Gavagai80]

Oh, is that what those underlined phrases do? Never clicked one.

Re: Yes, 5G is needed

[binarylarry]

Silly Canadian, here in the US we use our cellular network for more than monitoring maple syrup storage silos.