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Re: 5G roadblock: labor


From: Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom mu>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 08:07:03 +0200



On 5/Jan/20 22:37, Sabri Berisha wrote:


My instinct tells me it will be some form of low earth orbit satellites. In
the past I worked for a GEO satellite ISP and while that technology has its
drawbacks, those are mostly resolved with transponders in LEO. 

As a method to reach the 03b + under-served remote areas, perhaps. But
the economics and technical performance don't make sense for LEO to be a
last mile technology in a major metropolis.



That said, in my dreams it will be something like this:
https://phys.org/news/2019-12-entanglement-long-distance-free-space-quantum.html

Imagine a world where you have one half of a quantum entangled particle in
your device, with the other half being on the ISP premises. Instant
wireless communication. I do apologize for the highly off-topic sci-fi here :)

That goes beyond the realm of my imagination ;-).

Mark.


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