Re: [DC3] Resources on the 5G hype

I couldn't attend the session, but I participated in a joint paper some time ago about the 5G hype. Metaphorically and simplifying, if we are talking about thirst and lack of water, 5g is mainly a new type of drink cocktail, a new flavor to attract sophisticated consumers, as long as you live in profitable places for the service and you can pay for it. Renewal of communications equipment and devices is a business opportunity for manufacturers mainly, but not just the best "water" to the unconnected, rural, ... (non premium clients), even a problem as investment from operators gets first pushed by the trend towards satisfying high paying urban customers and not to spread connectivity to low pay social/universal inclusion customers, and definitely not network co-owners as in CNs. https://people.ac.upc.edu/leandro/pubs/5G.pdf Leandro. On 23/04/2020 15:17, sivasubramanian muthusamy wrote: Dear Jane, Please see inline: On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 6:33 PM Jane Coffin <coffin(a)isoc.org> wrote: I will locate the video archive of the APC session on 5G and share it; The summary information you provided is succinct, helps some of us who are well familiar with the issues and the governance process understand the important points. However, the request (in the list that was set up following the 'more' Internet Chennai Virtual event wherein you led a session on Community Networks) happens to be from academia, from someone who might not be familiar with the background. What may be more helpful is to put together a list of links / documents / presentations that are more like "what is 5G - seeing through the hype" kind of title, which gives information both at a basic level, and at the same time gets into nuances such as '5G is a bundle of technologies otherwise available in collectable parts in open source', '5G hype is about lobbying to project this as a unique breakthrough that qualifies for all the world's spectrum' etc.. When I post the resources in response to the query titled "Request for resources on 5G aka magic dust" I would not resist the temptation to quote Andrew Sullivan who said during the Chennai Roundtable *"5G is like the new magic technology, right ? It is a floor wax, and it is also a dessert topping. It* *will wash your clothes and make your dinner. A lot of the time, when you hear those kinds of claims about any given technology, for the internet, or really for anything else, you' re going to be disappointed." * _______________________________________________ DC3 mailing listDC3@listas.altermundi.nethttps://listas.altermundi.net/mailman/listinfo/dc3 -- Leandro Navarrohttp://people.ac.upc.edu/leandro _______________________________________________ DC3 mailing list DC3(a)listas.altermundi.net https://listas.altermundi.net/mailman/listinfo/dc3