Re Axios: WH considers nationalizing 5G network

["Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>]

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From: Bob Hinden <bob.hinden () gmail com>
Date: Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: [IP] Axios: WH considers nationalizing 5G network
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
CC: Bob Hinden <bob.hinden () gmail com>


Dave,

For IP if you like.

Wouldn’t one have to have a 5G network before it could be nationalized?  At
the moment 5G seems to me more like a marketing term than an actual
technology.  Yes, I know there is a lot of technical work going on, but I
am not aware of any operational deployments.

Having a single US government owned 5G network would make it easier to do
surveillance.  Easier than having to deal with each carrier separately.
That couldn’t be the real motivation could it?

I also note that having an architecture where there is a single low level
infrastructure and having multiple carriers use it to provide service might
have some advantages.  This could be more efficient that every carrier
having to deploy new radios and backhaul everywhere, and might create more
actual competition for service.

Bob




> On Jan 28, 2018, at 4:38 PM, Dave Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
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> From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>
> Date: Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 6:13 PM
> Subject: Axios: WH considers nationalizing 5G network
> To: Infowarrior List <infowarrior () attrition org>
> CC: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
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> Scoop: Trump team considers nationalizing 5G network
https://www.axios.com/trump-team-debates-nationalizing-5g-network-f1e92a49-60f2-4e3e-acd4-f3eb03d910ff.html
> Trump national security officials are considering an unprecedented
federal takeover of a portion of the nation’s mobile network to guard
against China, according to sensitive documents obtained by Axios.
> Why it matters: We’ve got our hands on a PowerPoint deck and a memo —
both produced by a senior National Security Council official — which were
presented recently to senior officials at other agencies in the Trump
administration.
> The main points: The documents say America needs a centralized nationwide
5G network within three years. There'll be a fierce debate inside the Trump
administration — and an outcry from the industry — over the next 6-8 months
over how such a network is built and paid for.
> Two options laid out by the documents:
>
>         • The U.S. government pays for and builds the single network —
which would be an unprecedented nationalization of a historically private
infrastructure.
>         • An alternative plan where wireless providers build their own 5G
networks that compete with one another — though the document says the
downside is it could take longer and cost more. It argues that one of the
“pros” of that plan is that it would cause “less commercial disruption” to
the wireless industry than the government building a network.
> Between the lines: A source familiar with the documents' drafting says
Option 2 is really no option at all: a single centralized network is what's
required to protect America against China and other bad actors.
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