Everything You Need to Know About 5G

Today’s mobile users want faster data speeds and more reliable service. The next generation of wireless networks—5G—promises to deliver that, and much more. With 5G, users should be able to download a high-definition film in under a second (a task that could take 10 minutes on 4G LTE). And wireless engineers say these networks will boost the development of other new technologies, too, such as autonomous vehicles, virtual reality, and the Internet of Things.

If all goes well, telecommunications companies hope to debut the first commercial 5G networks in the early 2020s. Right now, though, 5G is still in the planning stages, and companies and industry groups are working together to figure out exactly what it will be. But they all agree on one matter: As the number of mobile users and their demand for data rises, 5G must handle far more traffic at much higher speeds than the base stations that make up today’s cellular networks.

[unpronouncable]

"Just imagine dowloading an HD movie in under a second"
"Just imagine hitting your download cap in under a second"
"Just imagine racking up additional fees for downloads in under a second"

[bronie]

4G: My time has come

1G: Does anybody know I existed?

[maycyvandora]

“Experts can’t tell us what 5G is because they don’t really know” 🚶🏼ok I’m out of here

[roidroid]

i thought 4G towers already used beamforming.

[HamguyBacon]

"Just imagine getting cancer"
"Just imagine Damaging your DNA"
"Just imagine being tracked 24/7"
"just imagine corporate interests over privacy and health"
"Just imagine using a technology with no studies done on the dangers"

[jamesworth]

What exactly was wrong with 4G??? How fast do we need the internet to be???

[redshardz]

J'ai du écouter ça en cours d'anglais je vous déteste

[IBennxI]

"Scientists dont even know what it is" HA I FEEL SAFE NOW

[asicshot]

This doesn't seem like everything we need to know. What tests are being done to determine the effect on biological organisms?

[jimshaw]

Wrong Title: Should have been "Everything The Powers That Be Want You to Know About 5G"

[iodine-wine]

Imagine your microwave is operating with the door open - that’s 5G.

[TheMacer]

This is going to be one hell of an expensive implementation.

[gugahhati]

"Just imagine living inside a microwave"

[krinkle]

Does this mean we won't need to use condoms anymore since our sperm will evaporate?

[marioxmariox]

Texting was available long before 2G, it was called a pager.

[I-Sagittarius-l]

absorbed by plants and rain, why you didn't mention humans since we do have water in our bodies like plants and obviously rain

[faizfirdaus]

All of the commentors seem to have PhD in telecommunication engineering

[ananyachaudhuri]

So I can cook a movie in 1 minute and download my brain in half a second..

[vishnuvenugopal]

GPRS is 2g right? So technically 2g brought us the internet.

[Synapsisify]

High frequency antennas on every 500 hundred feet, what can go wrong?