No, your math is spot-on.
I just can't imagine an affordable network that's that fast!
Jesus Christ: You can’t impeach Him and He ain’t gonna resign.
>> 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.
Tech reporting is always shoddy.
What’s happening is timing is getting better, receivers and transmitters are being made with faster rise times. Power levels are being managed better. Faster chips, faster processing, makes faster signals.
The trade-off is usually range. But stuff like this is why AT&T and others don’t want to lay down any more fiber. They’re confident in ten years wireless will be able to meet consumer expectations for service and make wired connections obsolete.
It’s a shame. Wired connections have a resilliant quality that wireless can never quite match.
The HD movies on IPAD are about 4-5 GB
maybe their HD isn’t so HD
No, your math is spot-on.
I just can't imagine an affordable network that's that fast!
Jesus Christ: You can’t impeach Him and He ain’t gonna resign.