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batye
5/9/2016 2:42:54 AM
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Re: A Billion is a lot.
@mpouraryan with rapid development and changes in technology everything is temporary - this days... how I see it...
Re: A Billion is a lot.
@srufolo1: Can you provide a link to the study and/or tell me who/what entity authored the study?
Meanwhile, IDC is predicting well over 20b connected IoT "Things" alone (let alone traditional devices) by 2020.
Re: A Billion is a lot.
I think 5G could be "enough" -- except that it's too cost prohibitive. Thus why "Carrier WiFi" is helping to carry the day so far.
mhhf1ve
5/9/2016 10:43:21 AM
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Re: A Billion is a lot.
I think we need to define what "enough" is.. I think the bandwidth *exists* -- but it may not have been auctioned off by the FCC just yet. In a few more years, tho, I think more empty "TV spectrum" will be freed up and ready to be put to use in the 5G space. That should be "enough" bandwidth as long as the companies that buy it... actually use it.
clrmoney
5/9/2016 3:23:08 PM
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Wifi in 2020
I'm not surprised about WiFi profits going up as years go on becasue they offer valulable services to the public.
Ariella
5/9/2016 3:38:38 PM
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Re: A Billion is a lot.
@batye, indeed, what is the norm today will be obsolete in just a couple of years when it is replaced by something newer and faster.
mhhf1ve
5/9/2016 7:30:38 PM
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Re: A Billion is a lot.
> "IDC is predicting well over 20b connected IoT "Things" alone (let alone traditional devices) by 2020."
I am always skeptical of predictions that never seem to be checked after the "time is up"... IDC has made a bunch of predictions for hardware growth, and usually it's a linear or exponential extrapolation of the current dicey sales figures.... The definition of an IoT "Thing" isn't even that well-defined. Are they counting smartphones? cars?
mhhf1ve
5/9/2016 7:34:45 PM
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Re: A Billion is a lot.
> "I find it curious that you note this to be "temporary"...
Well, I mean that the current WiFi+cellular combinations for services like Google Fi are a temporary solution for poor cell coverage. 5G cell coverage is bound to get better, and it may even include some kind of WiFi-handoff protocols... but I think people over-estimate the utility of WiFi. Although the definition of WiFi may also evolve and expand into other spectrum, so maybe someday WiFi and cellular coverage might not be so distinctly different?
mpouraryan
5/9/2016 11:30:46 PM
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Re: A Billion is a lot.
Appreciate the clarification @mhhf1ve!! I would argue that the perceived "grand canyon" has already been evolving--and services are developing to leverage it all. WiFi will always be part of it all--especially for those of us who always want to leverage the free bandwidth out there.
mpouraryan
5/9/2016 11:44:23 PM
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Re: A Billion is a lot.
As I reflected upon your thought @batye, I could not help but wonder whether we should in fact accept change or not--transformation is happening too rapidly especially as we are witness to and have yet to truly understand the 4th Industrial Revolution that may render many things we do today irrelevant. It is the ultimate challenge in this transformation quest.
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