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xbabyjesus t1_iui6hig wrote
Reply to comment by N3KIO in U.S. tech giants face pressure from Europe’s telcos to pay for building the internet by thinkB4WeSpeak
There’s a limited amount of RF spectrum between the customer and the tower, and 5G has lower coverage than slower tech (3g, etc) due to the higher frequency, so they need a lot more towers (10x-ish). It’s not very cost effective outside of high density urban areas.
xbabyjesus t1_iui7b4p wrote
Reply to comment by IolausTelcontar in U.S. tech giants face pressure from Europe’s telcos to pay for building the internet by thinkB4WeSpeak
Network infrastructure is the finite resource. There’s a limit to how much data you can transmit over a network.