A very interesting read, thank you. It's interesting to note that the article suggests a massive increase in the number of masts needed which seems to be to be a tacit admission that the technology itself doesn't actually address the shared bandwidth problem. Also one wonders how roll-out is going to be cheap if we have to install ten times as many masts. And what feeds each 'mast-on-a-lampost'? Fibre? The cost of getting fibre to a lamp post is probably 80%+ of the cost of getting fibre to the homes the lampost lights so why not just go FTTP and be done with it? A mast per roadside cabinet would avoid that problem of course but it's not entirely clear from that article if that density would be enough.
Mind you even more 'interesting' are some of the comments on that article. It's clear that some people are still scared about radio waves. Oh and some religious nut job thinks that 5G is the beginning of the End Times.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
