Jan 19, 2022Liked by Chris J. Karr, David Thornton
As far as I understand it this only effects the C-Band spectrum that they auctioned off recently. 5G runs on many different frequencies in the US. Some as low as 600Mhz and some as high as 60Ghz. This is about a specific band of spectrum they want to use for 5G but isn't all of 5G if that makes sense.
The carriers are chomping at the bit because they want to run 4G and 5G together and using this new spectrum let's them do that while they transition people over. Otherwise they have to take 4G spectrum and turn it over to 5G which makes the transition more complicated.
Jan 19, 2022Liked by Chris J. Karr, David Thornton, Jay Berman
You had my attention at: "My opinion is that the threat from 5G is real under circumstances,". I remember one bad accident about 20 years ago in Birmingham when a UPS (I think) plane hit a hillside. I lived in Birmingham for a year or so and some of our corporate aircraft was based there. I never liked the hills at one end of the runway. I saw a small twin engine airplane that had crashed into one of the hills while I was waiting on a flight which was delayed by the emergency crews responding.
As a US Army Signal officer, I was once a radio test officer for a NATO project. I had to ensure that our tests did not interfere with emergency communications in large portions of NC and VA. All I can say is that it was difficult to be certain of our best calculations and guesses. There should be much better tools for making guesses now.
As far as I understand it this only effects the C-Band spectrum that they auctioned off recently. 5G runs on many different frequencies in the US. Some as low as 600Mhz and some as high as 60Ghz. This is about a specific band of spectrum they want to use for 5G but isn't all of 5G if that makes sense.
The carriers are chomping at the bit because they want to run 4G and 5G together and using this new spectrum let's them do that while they transition people over. Otherwise they have to take 4G spectrum and turn it over to 5G which makes the transition more complicated.
You had my attention at: "My opinion is that the threat from 5G is real under circumstances,". I remember one bad accident about 20 years ago in Birmingham when a UPS (I think) plane hit a hillside. I lived in Birmingham for a year or so and some of our corporate aircraft was based there. I never liked the hills at one end of the runway. I saw a small twin engine airplane that had crashed into one of the hills while I was waiting on a flight which was delayed by the emergency crews responding.
As a US Army Signal officer, I was once a radio test officer for a NATO project. I had to ensure that our tests did not interfere with emergency communications in large portions of NC and VA. All I can say is that it was difficult to be certain of our best calculations and guesses. There should be much better tools for making guesses now.