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Originally Posted by gTen
I do not think we are reaching a limit..if anything its the other way around..LTE and wimax for example are much more efficient and can handle more simultaneous users then 3g.
Now as for the actual bandwidth sources via lines and etc, we are not in a bad situation due to hardware limitations but more that the companies being cheap and stingy. If you think about it, korea and japan use up a lot more bandwidth per user then we do in the USA..USA ranked 16th in the world.
It boils down more to economics then it is anything else....
In the future NASA plans to launch 5g with involves using a network of small satellites 110 pounds to provide bandwidth and gigabit speeds.
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here is the official press release in 2008
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008...s_nanosat.html
Edit 2:
Here is the whitepaper for Intel's wimax efficiency in comparison to other standards today.. it is possible to be a bit biased as Intel invests in wimax(link is below article)
http://www.wimax.com/commentary/blog...ays-intel-0315 |
this would require dramatic, and i mean dramatic improvements in handheld device antennas.... thats why we have Sat Phones.. thats also why we have cell towers, our devices require a closer signal because of their antennas being weak...
sattelite tv and internet are flawed, especially since weather plays factor even more so.. and look at the antenna it takes just to get that signal too lol.... i hope more satellites isnt the answer there going to give us..
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also i dont think weve reached our limit with 4G, not at all..... in fact i think itd take years and years more for this actually happen.. its going to take quite an increase in popularity, both in the actual devices and people actually frequently using all these bandwith chewing apps/features to need to worry..
i guess a better questions to ask is:
what do you think our limit will be?
or, will we ever even reach a limit?
or maybe, will our next step(5G/X.G) be our last step then???