Re: Impacts of Encryption Everywhere (any solution?)

["K. Scott Helms" <kscott.helms () gmail com>]

Mark,

A couple of things, first that kind of utilization isn't feasible once
penetration rates in dense areas reach certain levels.  There's a reason
that NTT Docomo moved more than 70% of their data traffic to the 3.5 GHz
band and that reason is that there's not (nor will there be) enough
wireless spectrum to meet the needs of everyone with licensed space.  (That
same use case is why all the big North American providers are looking at
CBRS.) Further, 4G/5G is going to have trouble scaling to the kinds of
network demands going forward, again especially in dense areas.  While it's
certainly possible today to stream unicast video over LTE and will (for a
while) even more feasible over 5G the physics simply aren't with the
wireless world.

I'd say that your example of poor DSL performance isn't unique, it happens
in some spots in the US, but in general wired performance has much higher
individual and even higher aggregate capacities *when correctly deployed.  *I
doubt your hotel example is a poor deployment though, it's more likely that
the hotel owners are under paying for both the WAN connection and the WiFi
infrastructure.


On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 1:01 PM Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom mu> wrote:

> On 30/May/18 17:11, McBride, Mack wrote:
>
> > In high density urban areas last mile infrastructure (mostly copper) is
> considerably better than 4G.
> > Localized carrier powered wifi is good as well but it is not and should
> not be confused with 4G.
>
> I think it depends on what it is you're trying to do. If your
> application is linear IPTV streaming into your home, that probably isn't
> a great idea for any kind of non-wired media. On the other hand, in
> South Africa, where I live, it is routine to deliver video streaming
> services (Netflix, Youtube, ShowMax, e.t.c.) to one's home over 4G/LTE,
> to the extent that the service providers have special data plans that
> support these kinds of use-cases.
>
> In South Africa, I generally find wi-fi in the hotels to be pretty bad,
> as the majority of them tend to be on ADSL backhaul, which averages
> between 1Mbps - 4Mbps to support several dozen or more rooms. A few
> hotels have migrated to fibre, but between guessing what last mile
> they're on and how they operate the wi-fi network, I ALWAYS prefer to
> tether my iPhone to my laptop and work when I'm on the road within the
> country. In all major cities, my 3G/4G performs a lot more reliably,
> better and predictably than most cafe, hotel or mall wi-fi. I don't even
> bother when hotels offer their wi-fi vouchers upon check-in.
>
> With my 4G services (Vodacom and MTN), I can average between 30Mbps -
> 55Mbps when tethering, and that's plenty enough for me. I have a decent
> monthly data plan that I don't have to worry about running out. Of
> course, performance isn't as great if you're in a remote part of the
> country, but that's not unique to South Africa.
>
> Mark.