exportgoldmannz t1_itirnoy wrote
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Your comment contradicts itself somewhat by saying 5G far less distance so you need a massive amount of towers, then says that rural connections will benefit from this. How? Towers are expensive to build, and it sounds like now every farm needs a tower and the back haul.
Anxious-Floor-3375 t1_itj0jm9 wrote
That is in fact what is happening. Atleast here it is. They've started putting up towers every few miles and now my 5G signal is gradually picking up in more and more places. I live in a pretty rural area. The nearest town from here is 20 miles. I would say in the last year I've seen 20+ towers go up in all kinds of places. To be fair though not all of the towers have been 5G a lot are pushing 4G signal.
exportgoldmannz t1_itj0r8n wrote
Yup 4G for rural which gets 10-30KM and then 5G backfill for dense urban areas.
No idea how this helps remote farms. A fibre run would be cheaper than a fibre run AND cell site for each farm or two
danielv123 t1_itk74ql wrote
Depends on how remote. Any house in LOS of a tower can have an antenna installed, which is much faster than 4g and much cheaper than digging the fiber. It won't get every house, but it will help a lot of people.
Anxious-Floor-3375 t1_itwg05y wrote
Lol they are simultaneously running fiber here as well
Bells_Ringing t1_itj9a6l wrote
They can string fiber on poles versus run it to the house. Amd the cell repeaters can extend that farther. It enables cheaper speeds to the home than ftth oddly enough
Mayor__Defacto t1_itjkbn7 wrote
The marginal cost of running it to the house over poles vs running it over poles to a tower to cover the house favors running it over poles to the house by a wide margin. Tower rents on rural land are around $1500 a month. Unless you’re covering 40+ customers with that, you’re not even covering the rent you’re paying.
goofygoober2006 t1_itkmbmt wrote
5G point to point can span a long distance similar to a microwave shot.
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