Re: 5G roadblock: labor

[Shane Ronan <shane () ronan-online com>]

In locations with high population densities, there is nothing you can do to
LTE to provide adequate service.

Shane

On Fri, Jan 3, 2020, 8:46 AM Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net> wrote:

> Obviously if the technology is available, works well, and is reasonably
> priced, 5G it up. However, if you're adding small cells every 500',
> tripling the amount of "towers" you have...  does it matter much if it's
> LTE or NR? You're adding hundreds of megs if not gigs of capacity with LTE.
>
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> *From: *"Mark Tinka" <mark.tinka () seacom mu>
> *To: *"Saku Ytti" <saku () ytti fi>
> *Cc: *nanog () nanog org
> *Sent: *Friday, January 3, 2020 3:36:52 AM
> *Subject: *Re: 5G roadblock: labor
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> On 3/Jan/20 11:25, Saku Ytti wrote:
>
> > Yes markets differ, and this is not 4G/5G question, only thing 5G does
> > is help markets which struggle to provide sufficient service in dense
> > metro installations.
>
> Which brings us full circle - what's the cost of hooking those dense
> cities up to 5G in 2020 vs. running fibre to an 802.11ac|ax access point
> to serve its residents and visitors, in 2020?
>
> And more interestingly, if that city's residents and visitors had the
> option of connecting to active 5G or wi-fi, what do we think they'd choose?
>
> Mark.