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martyb
on Friday December 01 2017, @03:09PM
from the all-the-quicker-to-reach-your-data-cap dept.
from the all-the-quicker-to-reach-your-data-cap dept.
Verizon will launch "5G" wireless service in three to five cities by the end of next year, starting with Sacramento, California:
Verizon is getting closer to releasing its first commercial 5G network, with the company announcing today that it plans on launching 5G in three to five cities by the end of next year. The rollout starts with Sacramento, California sometime in the second half of 2018.
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Verizon to Launch 5G in Up to Five Cities by the End of 2018
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Friday December 01 2017, @03:17PM (6 children)
To hell with the cities. Roll out the fiber. For that matter, just roll out the wire. Us people in the sticks* would like to catch up to 1990 USA, if not 2000 USA. Here you are working on 2020, and we're still putting along with internet that most third world countries would be ashamed of. Let's just get the OLD definition of "broadband" finished, before we start on the new definitions!!
*What's that? You ask what "the sticks" means? I'm 140 miles from Little Rock, 180 miles from Dallas, and about 40 miles from Texarkana. Fort Smith is a three hour drive north, Shreveport Louisiana a two hour drive south. I'm at a major freaking CROSSROADS of the United States, and I can't get decent broadband! Oh yeah - flyover country. Screw all of you decision makers.
(Score: 5, Informative) by DannyB on Friday December 01 2017, @03:27PM
You want something faster than dial up in the sticks? Do you realize who is in charge of the FCC right now?
Sorry, due to new FCC deregulation, internet service is no longer available in your part of the city. To be notified if service becomes available in your area, enter your email address here.
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(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 01 2017, @04:43PM (1 child)
It's actually the Styx [wikipedia.org], thimblewit. Yeesh! What the hell are they teaching kids these days?
(Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Friday December 01 2017, @05:25PM
Nahhh, Charon would ferry you across the Styx if you could pay. There's no ferryman out here in the sticks.
Screw it, don't even pay the ferryman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kNwvIEQsg0 [youtube.com]
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday December 01 2017, @06:34PM
Us people in the sticks* would like to catch up to 1990 USA, if not 2000 USA.
Then stop fellating that invisible hand and start acting like it.
(Score: 2) by forkazoo on Friday December 01 2017, @06:35PM
"Fort Smith" and "Texarkana" probably aren't the best places to cite when billing yourself as being at a major hub.
(Score: 2) by Wootery on Saturday December 02 2017, @03:31PM
No telco here in the UK is planning on rolling out 5G for a few years yet, which I completely agree with. I don't see the point in putting time and effort into 5G until 4G is consistently available, which it still isn't, on any of our four physical networks (EE, O2, Three, Vodafone).
Fibre roll-out is making real progress, but we're not really there yet. I don't live out in the sticks so I get it easy; my home broadband is fine.
Also, what will 5G really mean, anyway? I can already stream video to my phone. What good will more mobile bandwidth do me?