On Aug 21, 2017, at 9:05 PM, Manfredi, Albert E
<albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Very recently, when the subject of wireless broadband potentially offering a
big boost in options for broadband service to households, I pointed out that
this might take place, but it would require wireless backhaul too. Why?
Because the wireless part of 5G is very short range, and for many players to
be profitable in every neighborhood, it would seem unlikely that each one
could install a cabled backhaul network.
I posted a link to microwave backhaul, because you, Craig, found it necessary
to disagree that wireless backhaul was even feasible. You proclaimed that
only fiber backhaul would do. So, now you come back with a completely
irrelevant point about microwave for backhaul, to support your proclamation
that somehow LTE and 600 MHz would be used for 5G backhaul.
Bottom line: It appears very unlikely that T-Mobile would use the 600 MHz
spectrum it acquired, and LTE, for anything actually related to 5G. That was
probably the feverish fantasy of some blurb writer who got carried away, as
trade scribes have a way of doing. On the other hand, use of LTE (or IEEE
802.22) in the 600 MHz spectrum, for broadband service in rural areas, would
be a real possibility. (Just tell it like it is, trade scribes. Don't attempt
to impress with BS.)