5G roadblock: labor

[nanog at ics-il.net (Mike Hammett)]

Perhaps in some cases, but not in most. For example, I live in a brick house with a metal roof on a farm, near the edge of most mobile providers' cells for the respective towers. 

https://www.speedtest.net/result/a/5615500436 
https://www.speedtest.net/result/a/5615504363 
https://www.speedtest.net/result/a/5615508821 


Same spot in the house, same device, T-Mobile, Sprint, and US Cellular all delivered reasonable performance to the speedtest.net server of choice for that test. 




As I go further rural, the impact is mostly due to coverage, not a lack of capacity. Most 5G won't fix that, with the exception of T-Mobile, who is deploying 5G on a lower frequency. 


As I go further suburban and urban, the performances generally increases. 5G will likely be there first, but there generally isn't a performance issue in those situations. 




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Mike Hammett 
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Midwest-IX 
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----- Original Message -----

From: sronan at ronan-online.com 
To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog at ics-il.net> 
Cc: "Shane Ronan" <shane at ronan-online.com>, "Sabri Berisha" <sabri at cluecentral.net>, "nanog" <nanog at nanog.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 8:14:16 AM 
Subject: Re: 5G roadblock: labor 

I think you are overestimating the existing network in most cases. And I say this based on first hand experience at $dayjob MNO. 

Shane 

> On Dec 31, 2019, at 9:10 AM, Mike Hammett <nanog at ics-il.net> wrote: 
> 
> devices. 

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