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Europe Agrees To Agree With Everyone Except US What 5G Should Be

Posted by samzenpus on from the here-comes-the-naysayer dept.

itwbennett writes: Following agreements signed by the EU with South Korea in June 2014 and with Japan in May 2015, the EU and China "have agreed to agree by the end of the year on a working definition for 5G," reports Peter Sayer. "About the only point of agreement so far is that 5G is what we'll all be building or buying after 4G, so any consensus between the EU and China could be significant," says Sayer.

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  1. Of course, this is natural. by burtosis · · Score: 5, Funny

    The United States will accept the standard when the rest of the world ditches that stupid metric system and go back to real units.

    1. Re:Of course, this is natural. by myowntrueself · · Score: 5, Funny

      The United States will accept the standard when the rest of the world ditches that stupid metric system and go back to real units.

      You mean Freedom Units!

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    2. Re:Of course, this is natural. by gstoddart · · Score: 5, Insightful

      You joke, but what really happens is the US carriers have decided "we'll call it whatever we like for marketing purposes". Which means someone comes along, defines a standard, and then US carriers co-opt the name and say "yup, we have that", when in reality they don't have that.

      This has nothing to do with metric, and everything to do with US corporations saying "Yeah, we totally have 4G", except it's not really 4G, it's some marketing term which has nothing to do with 4G.

      So, you know, stop letting your companies take the name of a specific bit of technology and say they're using it when they aren't. Then you won't have the problem of the US glaringly not running the technology they claim.

      But, apparently, part of corporate free speech is mis-representing your service to your customers.

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  2. good by hjf · · Score: 5, Funny

    The US will build their OWN 5G network. With Blackjack. And hookers.
    In fact, forget compatibility.

    The US will adopt a closed standard, with royalties, that will work only in the US. That'll keep the eurotrash out.

    1. Re:good by Noryungi · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The US will adopt a closed standard, with royalties, that will work only in the US. That'll keep the eurotrash out.

      Yup, and you will keep on paying 10x more than anywhere else in the world.

      The US is becoming more and more irrelevant each step along the way.

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  3. Who cares? by jtownatpunk.net · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Increased speed is pointless if they keep choking it with ridiculously low caps. "Oh, wow. I can hit my monthly cap in 19.3 seconds."