So they want to force this massive disruption and expenditure for a technology (5G) that has yet to be proven to work in the real world? I'm sorry but it's time to tell these people to make their ideas work within existing allocations. Enough is enough. Gee, fiber
never gets accidentally ripped up, does it?
If the FCC wants to do something actually worthwhile to benefit consumers then they should get off their fat duffs and mandate universal broadband. The US ranks 18th in the world,
18th, in broadband access. As of 2016 the FCC claimed 95.7 % of households have access to broadband and the avg speed is 109Mbps. What world do these yokles live in? However, their own physical report released in 2016 states avg download speed is 55.7Mbps and ranks 10th in the world for speed. Hmmm, didn't they just say it was 109Mbps? Perhaps FCC employees should speak to one another and coordinate their numbers. All this points out that unlike unproven pie in the sky 5G, their number 1 priority should be universal broadband access, since this economy is now Internet driven, and 5G isn't the answer. Where broadband access doesn't exist today it won't exist when, and if, 5G rolls out either. I don't believe for one minute that any company, given the limited range of 5G is going to expend all the monies necessary to deploy it universally. So, SD, ND, and all you guys in the boonies, don't hold your breath.