Beyond being focused death rays, there are a number of issues: wireless is inherently insecure so if it were developed for use as home internet, a line underground would still be superior (build a fiber grid). What am I supposed to use as a base-station anyway? A $1000 iPhone that I have to replace every few years because they stop supporting it? Sure, if it's subsidized (a waste of money). A device similar to my dsl/cable modem? ...that piece of shit gets patched once a year if I'm lucky. If 5G is going to be as pervasive as people are wanting it to be, you can bet your last dollar that there are going to be people working to break it and pwn your devices. Wireless is insecure. It causes cancer. Never use it. 5G = focused death rays.
The main problems I can see underground fiber having are flooding, rodents/insects, and earthquakes. I imagine it would also be inconvenient to have dig up cable to for maintenance and repairs.
Underground is really not as bad as it may seem, and the fiber doesn't necessarily have to go underground. Even if it did, gas, water, sewage, and some electric goes underground as well. With earthquakes it really just depends on their scale. Some places in North America only experience tremors that are picked up only by seismometers.
In places like California it's still manageable; Musk wants to build underground transportation tunnels there for cars.
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fl3x ago
I'd much rather have a nationalized fiber network.
Cell phones deserve the same warning labels cigarettes have:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ludhja7sW0I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1FYsdC7krs
Beyond being focused death rays, there are a number of issues: wireless is inherently insecure so if it were developed for use as home internet, a line underground would still be superior (build a fiber grid). What am I supposed to use as a base-station anyway? A $1000 iPhone that I have to replace every few years because they stop supporting it? Sure, if it's subsidized (a waste of money). A device similar to my dsl/cable modem? ...that piece of shit gets patched once a year if I'm lucky. If 5G is going to be as pervasive as people are wanting it to be, you can bet your last dollar that there are going to be people working to break it and pwn your devices. Wireless is insecure. It causes cancer. Never use it. 5G = focused death rays.
Percal ago
The main problems I can see underground fiber having are flooding, rodents/insects, and earthquakes. I imagine it would also be inconvenient to have dig up cable to for maintenance and repairs.
fl3x ago
Underground is really not as bad as it may seem, and the fiber doesn't necessarily have to go underground. Even if it did, gas, water, sewage, and some electric goes underground as well. With earthquakes it really just depends on their scale. Some places in North America only experience tremors that are picked up only by seismometers.
In places like California it's still manageable; Musk wants to build underground transportation tunnels there for cars.