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posted by chromas on Saturday March 02 2019, @11:59PM   Printer-friendly
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In the continuing confusion over 5G mobile phone networks, it appears that someone wants to make something Great!

From Politico:

President Donald Trump's reelection team is backing a controversial plan to give the government a role in managing America's next-generation 5G wireless networks — bucking the free market consensus view of his own administration and sparking wireless industry fears of nationalization.

The plan — embraced by Trump 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale and adviser Newt Gingrich — would involve the government taking 5G airwaves and designing a system to allow for sharing them on a wholesale basis with wireless providers. The idea is also being pushed by a politically connected wireless company backed by venture capitalist Peter Thiel that could stand to benefit.

It's already getting pushback from industry, which dismisses the concept as untested and unworkable.

But the Trump campaign is now fully embracing the model in a bid to woo rural voters who have long lacked decent internet service because wireless companies don't have a financial incentive to offer affordable broadband to all Americans, including those outside the biggest cities.

“A 5G wholesale market would drive down costs and provide access to millions of Americans who are currently underserved,” Kayleigh McEnany, national press secretary for Trump’s 2020 campaign, told POLITICO. “This is in line with President Trump’s agenda to benefit all Americans, regardless of geography."


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 03 2019, @05:34PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 03 2019, @05:34PM (#809476)

    who would have thunk that lying copper cables to make rotary -or- pulse-tone phone calls is cheaper then setting up
    mobile phone towers 'cause mobile phone calls cost more then land line calls? or did i get that wrong?

    i am still curious how they make the gazillion dollars harvested over the air NOT appear in an corporate financial statements.

  • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Sunday March 03 2019, @11:29PM

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Sunday March 03 2019, @11:29PM (#809599) Journal

    who would have thunk that lying copper cables to make rotary -or- pulse-tone phone calls is cheaper then setting up
    mobile phone towers 'cause mobile phone calls cost more then land line calls? or did i get that wrong?

    The trick is that those copper cables for the most part are already lying in the ground and are paid for by past phone fees.

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