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Verizon yesterday announced that its 5G service is available in 13 NFL stadiums but said the network is only able to cover "parts" of the seating areas. Verizon 5G signals will also be sparse or non-existent when fans walk through concourses and other areas in and around each stadium.
The rollout of 5G is more complicated than the rollout of 4G was because 5G relies heavily on millimeter-wave signals that don't travel far and are easily blocked by walls and other obstacles. While Verizon is trying to build excitement around 5G, its announcement for availability in NFL stadiums carried several caveats.
"Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband service will be available in areas of the [13] stadiums," Verizon said. "Service will be concentrated in parts of the seating areas but could be available in other locations in and around the stadium as well."
Notice the phrase "could be available" in that last sentence. Verizon isn't promising any 5G coverage outside the seating areas, and the seating-area coverage will only be available in some sections.
[...] 5G can work on any frequency used by mobile networks, including the lower-band frequencies Verizon uses for its nationwide 4G network. But Verizon has said that customers will only notice small speed increases on 5G when it's delivered over low-band frequencies. The big speed increases will come on millimeter-wave deployments, which will be concentrated in densely populated areas.
The 13 stadiums where Verizon 5G is partially available include those used by the Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos, Seattle Seahawks, Detroit Lions, New England Patriots, Miami Dolphins, Indianapolis Colts, New York Giants and New York Jets (they share a stadium in New Jersey), Baltimore Ravens, Houston Texans, Chicago Bears, and Minnesota Vikings. That's only 12 stadiums, so there's a 13th that Verizon hasn't revealed. There are another 18 other NFL stadiums without Verizon 5G service.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by jmichaelhudsondotnet on Monday September 09 2019, @07:09PM (2 children)
this will in the future be seen as some wildly obscene high point of pointless technology.
they are basically saying 'we can cover all of the upper class areas' which is indicative, 5g will be something available exactly where the rent rises above a very exactly calculated figure.
there are more important things to be working on than this crap and our emf is very likely killing insects one way or another.
I support a moratorium on new wireless services, what we have now is enough. Wires aren't that bad and too much emf may well be.
thesesystemsarefailing.net
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 09 2019, @10:29PM
Insect die-offs are due to pesticides. The problem we have that 5g is a prime example of is decision making by hype and greed rather than utility and need. This applies to all aspects of modern society and is killing us by degrees.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 10 2019, @01:02AM
Do you have any actual evidence that the EMF is killing insects or causing other harm? Or is this one of those, "it feels like the two are correlated" things?