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AT&T Turns On 5G In New York, But It Still Isn't Available To Consumers

posted by chromas on Wednesday August 07 2019, @07:20AM   Printer-friendly
from the still-waiting-on-4G dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

The new millimeter-wave network, or what AT&T calls "5G+," will be available in "parts" of New York City, though parts may be a bit of a stretch. In its release, AT&T acknowledges that the service will be in "limited areas initially" with a company spokesperson telling CNET that the new service will be available first in parts "near and around East Village, Greenwich Village and Gramercy Park."

[...] "As a densely-populated, global business and entertainment hub, New York City stands to benefit greatly from having access to 5G, and we've been eager to introduce the service here," said Amy Kramer, president of AT&T's New York region, in a statement. "While our initial availability in NYC is a limited introduction at launch, we're committed to working closely with the City to extend coverage to more neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs."

[...] It is still unclear when AT&T will make 5G available to everyone, but the company plans to deploy a nationwide 5G network on its wider-ranging "sub-6" spectrum in the "first half of 2020."

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  • (Score: 2) by RamiK on Thursday August 08 2019, @01:18PM (1 child)

    by RamiK (1813) on Thursday August 08 2019, @01:18PM (#877433)

    Nothing to conspire. Just market forces. Back in the 80s it was satellite television vs cable... Recently people switched to using WhatsApp for text and even voice calls just to workaround the providers' price gauging... Otherwise it's back to cartels, monopoly and state-owned as the only recourse to address those problems.

    My second point is that it's not intelligent, we do not need more data or lower latency on mobile devices.

    Maybe. Though an automatic live translator for a conversation when vacationing would be nice. I can't come up with much more than that... And yeah, privacy and security issues... But still, there ARE legitimate use cases.

    About the EMF and health concerns, the literature doesn't suggest anything definite and in a world where heavy silicon is paying for papers saying it's safe while the service providers are paying for papers saying the opposite, you just can't help having to go to market and test in the real world. It was like that with high-power lines and junctions too where the effects where much more visible so I doubt we'll ever get anything concrete now...

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  • (Score: 1) by jmichaelhudsondotnet on Thursday August 08 2019, @05:48PM

    by jmichaelhudsondotnet (8122) on Thursday August 08 2019, @05:48PM (#877580) Journal

    If there were a section of the airport, or hotel, or union square, or lobby that had 5g and it were marked, and if you could get one for your living room, I think that would be a totally decent middle ground.

    But for some reason nothing even close to that is on the table, it will be steamroll installed without any more public discussion than what we are doing right now, which is frankly wildy insufficient given the risks and potential expense.

    If gorgle tracked everyone's android map use while lying about it and then just said sorry and it was memory-holed, we are not at a point where we can trust our government or these companies to regulate/self-regulate.