RE: 5G roadblock: labor

["Keith Medcalf" <kmedcalf () dessus com>]

On Friday, 3 January, 2020 10:53, Radu-Adrian Feurdean <nanog () radu-adrian feurdean net> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 3, 2020, at 16:38, Paul Nash wrote:

> > > 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?

> > They’d probably choose whichever popped un onto the device first.

> Don't know how things work in US, but mobile devices sold here in Europe
> do prefer wifi over cellular. If a pre-"approved" wifi network exists,
> and it doesn't have a captive portal, it will be systematically
> preferred.

> And here in France we have some networks lile this. they use SIM-EAP.

How absolutely awful that must be, to always be relegated to slow and insecure childrens band.  I turn off childrens 
band (WiFi) on my phone with extreme prejudice and it stays that way.  I have yet to meet a childrens band network 
(WiFi) that was worth connecting too.

Then again I don't play on my phone ...

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