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Why the new 5G network will change your life
The London Metro's Tech Blog ^
| December 1, 2014
| Rob Waugh
Posted on 12/04/2014 8:24:14 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
By the year 2020, there may be 100 billion devices online – most of them demanding high-speed data services such as video and advanced gaming. Bzzzt! statement makes no sense. Even if everyone in the world had a half dozen such devices you wouldn't hit most.
I've seen the 100 billion devices online estimate and that includes internet connected refrigerators, coffee makers, thermostats and washing machines. None of those need gigabit per second speeds to notify you that the rinse cycle is done or a filter needs to be replaced.
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posted on
12/04/2014 8:29:15 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(The IRS: either criminally irresponsible in backup procedures or criminally responsible of coverup.)
To: KarlInOhio
Hey, I am still trying to figure out how to use my bag phone from 1995!
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posted on
12/04/2014 8:32:41 AM PST
by
buckalfa
(Long time caller --- first time listener.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Leave, leave. Leave your body behind.
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posted on
12/04/2014 8:32:42 AM PST
by
MUDDOG
To: KarlInOhio
None of those need gigabit per second speeds to notify you that the rinse cycle is done or a filter needs to be replaced. GE is working on an industrial internet making each large machine send thousands of data points back per second, that will take some data.
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posted on
12/04/2014 8:33:18 AM PST
by
1Old Pro
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Remember , you can spread Peanut Butter on CD/DVD’s and they’ll play with no problem ,LOL
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posted on
12/04/2014 8:33:26 AM PST
by
molson209
(Blank)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Interesting article. Thanks for posting.
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posted on
12/04/2014 8:33:35 AM PST
by
Starboard
To: buckalfa
So you’ve mastered your Sports Illustrated Football Phone?
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posted on
12/04/2014 8:33:54 AM PST
by
MUDDOG
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; JosephW; Only1choice____Freedom; amigatec; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
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posted on
12/04/2014 8:35:51 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
12/04/2014 8:36:43 AM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Chinese telecoms company Huawei is also working on a version of 5G for the 2018 World Cup in Moscow. With chips designed and built here in the USA.
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posted on
12/04/2014 8:39:28 AM PST
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: molson209
Remember , you can spread Peanut Butter on CD/DVD’s and they’ll play with no problem ,LOL I'll check that out once I'm done charging my phone in the microwave.
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posted on
12/04/2014 8:40:20 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(The IRS: either criminally irresponsible in backup procedures or criminally responsible of coverup.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I only have one question: How much per month?
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posted on
12/04/2014 8:40:41 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: KarlInOhio
The older technologies (2g, 3g, etc) will be deactivated, and any device needing to connect will have to use the current provider (5g, as per the article). So, while they won’t need blinding speed, it is all that they can hook to.
The 100 billion number sounds high, but likely will be close by then we are already more than 10%+ there today.
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posted on
12/04/2014 8:41:33 AM PST
by
wrench
(Ebola is not a threat to the US. 0bama says so, and he would never lie..........)
To: MUDDOG
I had forgotten about those, LOL!
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posted on
12/04/2014 8:41:45 AM PST
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buckalfa
(Long time caller --- first time listener.)
To: 1Old Pro
I bought a Speed Queen dryer just to avoid uneccessary electronics on a friggin dryer. My wife loves it!!!
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12/04/2014 8:44:15 AM PST
by
9422WMR
("Ignorance can be cured by education, but stupidity is forever.")
To: 2ndDivisionVet
>> 5G-equipped devices could download HD films in a second – but the new network might be so fast it can download 800 films per second
An HD film (140 minutes) is about 20 gigabytes. To download that in a second would require speeds of about 200 gigabits per second.
Eight hundred HD films per second, then, would require a network speed of about 160,000 gigabits per second. (160 TERAbits per second.)
Unless I made a huge math error, their claim is BS.
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12/04/2014 8:45:13 AM PST
by
Nervous Tick
(There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed is his demon)
To: KarlInOhio
I agree. There may be 100 billion connected devices but the vast majority of them will exist because they will be using older technology and the cost of building them has become so cheap.
I think we will see this pervasive connectivity change industry as it becomes easier for fewer people to manage a factory, for example, via connected devices.
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posted on
12/04/2014 8:45:43 AM PST
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
users. *sigh*
what does ‘fast’ mean? GBps?
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posted on
12/04/2014 8:45:58 AM PST
by
sten
(fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Not for me, thanks. IMO we’ve already overdone it.
I’m about to hop in the DeLorean and head back to the 80’s.
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