Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前Is it time for 6G already? Traffic analysis says yepwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down139cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.orghackernews@derp.foo
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minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down4·1 年前What percentage of people use 3g only phones? If it’s 1%, does it make sense to keep those services running just for those people?
minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 年前It’s not necessarily phones. It’s trackers, monitoring devices, laptops, access points, and tablets that all run over 3G bands.
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down8·1 年前Great! You can get 4g/5g versions of those devices because, again, the world doesn’t owe the 1% of users services
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前It’s still a small number of users no matter how many use cases you list. There are newer Kindles and newer cars. 3g being turned off is inevitable no matter how many old devices are in existence.
minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 年前It’s not just for that. 3G isn’t that overloaded. In my area I get 1-3Mbps on 4G LTE but around 20Mbps on 3G HSPA+.
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 年前It’s not overloaded because fewer people use it, so it costs more to run those services for less benefit
minus-squarebamboo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 年前In the US almost none, the networks are being shut down.
What percentage of people use 3g only phones? If it’s 1%, does it make sense to keep those services running just for those people?
It’s not necessarily phones. It’s trackers, monitoring devices, laptops, access points, and tablets that all run over 3G bands.
Great! You can get 4g/5g versions of those devices because, again, the world doesn’t owe the 1% of users services
Older Kindles. Cars
It’s still a small number of users no matter how many use cases you list. There are newer Kindles and newer cars. 3g being turned off is inevitable no matter how many old devices are in existence.
It’s not just for that. 3G isn’t that overloaded. In my area I get 1-3Mbps on 4G LTE but around 20Mbps on 3G HSPA+.
It’s not overloaded because fewer people use it, so it costs more to run those services for less benefit
In the US almost none, the networks are being shut down.