Re: 5G roadblock: labor

[Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>]

Obviously if the technology is available, works well, and is reasonably priced, 5G it up. However, if you're adding 
small cells every 500', tripling the amount of "towers" you have... does it matter much if it's LTE or NR? You're 
adding hundreds of megs if not gigs of capacity with LTE. 




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Mike Hammett 
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Midwest-IX 
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----- Original Message -----

From: "Mark Tinka" <mark.tinka () seacom mu> 
To: "Saku Ytti" <saku () ytti fi> 
Cc: nanog () nanog org 
Sent: Friday, January 3, 2020 3:36:52 AM 
Subject: Re: 5G roadblock: labor 



On 3/Jan/20 11:25, Saku Ytti wrote: 

> Yes markets differ, and this is not 4G/5G question, only thing 5G does 
> is help markets which struggle to provide sufficient service in dense 
> metro installations. 

Which brings us full circle - what's the cost of hooking those dense 
cities up to 5G in 2020 vs. running fibre to an 802.11ac|ax access point 
to serve its residents and visitors, in 2020? 

And more interestingly, if that city's residents and visitors had the 
option of connecting to active 5G or wi-fi, what do we think they'd choose? 

Mark.