(03-13-2017 01:31 PM)MplsBison Wrote:  

(03-13-2017 01:26 PM)CenterSquarEd Wrote:  Check out what's coming with 5G wireless broadband. It's going to use a different part of the spectrum, including some of what used to be VHF TV. They're referring to it as millimeter wave. It won't need the same types of cell sites. In populated areas, they'll need a lot more transmitters, but they can be a lot smaller and less obtrusive. They could be put on power poles, street lights, any old building, etc.

That's wifi technology.

You're basically just talking about upgrading the spectrum that the wifi router uses to 20-60 GHz, to allow higher data throughput between the router and the devices (up to 10 Gbps).


That's not mobile technology.

I mean, it won't be WiFi in the sense that you won't be able to connect to them by searching for the SSID and typing in the password. But if you want to say the technology works more like WiFi, there could be a point there.

That being said, if it's sold by the current mobile carriers, and your smartphone or other SIM card enabled devices connect to it automatically, then of course it's mobile technology.