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The Promise of 5G

Posted by samzenpus on from the in-the-future dept.

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."

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  1. Waste of time by manu0601 · · Score: 4, Informative

    There is not much more in this article than in Slashdot summary. You can skip it.

  2. 5G? I'd settle for reliable 3G. by JimMcc · · Score: 4, Informative

    The subject kind of says it all. Around here we have pockets of LTE, larger areas of 3G, but the bulk of our geographic area has no service or just barely enough to send and receive an SMS message. I don't see where 5G means a thing to us here.

  3. Re:tech-incompetent writer by rudy_wayne · · Score: 2, Informative

    The article was written by some clueless moron who has absolutely no grasp of . . . well, anything. As he breathlessly sings the praises of all the miraculous things we'll be able to do with 5G, while completely ignoring (or completely unaware of) the fact that we can already do all of these things with 4G and/or conventional internet connections.

  4. 5G will not deliver all the promises of 3G or 4G by tomwrake · · Score: 2, Informative
    Coverage will be spotty, I am 80 miles from lower Manhatten and we still have dead spots. Radio signals has blind spots. $ fix that locals complain about cell towers.

    And what about security, will this prevent Russian gangs from looting my bank account.

    With 5G do you get free credit monitoring or virus scanning?

    Will my driverless car be able to be controlled by hackers using my sound system?

    The 5G forecast is cloudy.... film at 11 ... in other news you will be able to send email from your spreadsheet.,,,,