{"id":34813,"date":"2022-01-26T15:52:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T20:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=34813"},"modified":"2022-01-26T15:52:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T20:52:45","slug":"the-5g-airline-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/26\/the-5g-airline-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5G Airline Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

James Fallows<\/a> (via Jason Snell<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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This post is a basic who-what-why primer on the controversy involving new 5G wireless networks, and airline operations at major U.S. airports.<\/p>\n

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Short version: 5G versus the airlines is potentially a real issue, rather than a bogus threat. But it’s likely that the parties involved will work out adjustments soon.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Julio Ojeda-Zapata<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Much has been made—at least by the industry—of 5G’s potential to remake society by enabling gee-whiz technologies such as autonomous vehicles, remotely controlled medical procedures, vast sensor networks, and much-talked-about metaverse (see “Understanding 5G, and Why It’s the Future (Not Present) for Mobile Communications<\/a>,” 11 November 2020). It remains to be seen how much of this will come to pass, but the addition of C-band support by AT&T and Verizon goes a long way toward providing speedy, widely available 5G to more iPhone and iPad users.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n