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Trump White House mulls nationalizing 5G... an idea going down like 'a balloon made out of a Ford Pinto'

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Re: JohnFen What race?

With the rush to 4G, 3G is in danger of being forgotten, which is kind of a missed opportunity. There's 3G spectrum out there, and a growing stockpile of spare kit; it may as well be used properly.

I know that 3G networks are nasty to set up well (ask any network engineer about cell breathing). But a well set up network is still a very good thing. Anyone with experience of Japan's NTT Docomo's 3G network whilst on a Shinkansen train doing 190mph in a tunnel and still getting 20Mbit/s will testify to the potential 3G had / has.

It's very easy for us Europeans to tease the US about the poor state of some of its infrastructure (power, wireless networks, etc). However I don't think many Europeans really realise just how vast and empty large chunks of the US really are. It's vast.

It's a major engineering challenge to provide things like power and comms to places which are very nearly empty. Same goes for Canada, Australia, Russia, China, Africa, etc.

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