Industry Voices—Rysavy: How 5G will solve rural broadband

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

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Date: Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 6:10 PM
Subject: Industry Voices—Rysavy: How 5G will solve rural broadband
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https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/industry-voices-rysavy-how-5g-will-solve-rural-broadband

Covering distance by radio has always been less expensive than laying wire,
and nowhere is this more true than in rural areas. Until now, though,
wireless broadband could not match the capacity and performance of wireline
approaches, so fiber, cable, and copper constitute the bulk of broadband
connections.

Starting with advanced versions of 4G LTE and then continuing with 5G,
wireless technologies will not only displace many wireline endpoints in
dense population areas, but also in low population density areas, including
rural areas. The differences between rural versus urban deployments,
however, are cell sizes and radio frequencies used. The cost advantage of
wireless connections is overwhelming. A spokesperson for the Wireless ISP
Association (WISPA) estimates
<https://www.risebroadband.com/2017/10/fixed-wireless-best-solution-expanding-broadband-access-unserved-underserved-rural-areas-broadbandbreakfast-com/>
that
a wireless connection to a rural endpoint costs one-fifth to one-tenth of a
wireline connection.

Rural wireless throughput rates are already competitive, with 25 Mbps a
typical downlink throughput rate offered by WISPs such as Rise Broadband,
and technology roadmaps showing rates as high as 200 Mbps in the near
future. These rates may fall below the 1 Gbps rates that wireline and
wireless networks can achieve today in urban areas, but they are far better
than Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) rates of 10 Mbps, assuming DSL is even
available.

A number of factors are converging in 5G to create critical mass for
broadband transformation: [...]

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