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buzz_4_20
join:2003-09-20
Dover, NH
(Software) Sophos UTM Home Edition
Ruckus R310

buzz_4_20

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Will 4G replace your home broadband?

NO... unless something big changes.

Wireless technologies are not up to the challenge of a modern multi-device home that participates in any video streaming.

Things like Netflix/Hulu ETC smash usage caps for wireless tech.
The towers cannot support the quantity of data that a household uses currently.

FTTH is the BEST (lets lookup that word before we have an arguement) technology to deliver bits to a fixed location AKA a home.

Wireless is good for things that move, like cell phones, also cell phones typically use less data than a home PC or laptop.

Most cellular data customers have WiFi at home to offload the high cost 4G data anyway.