5G is looking to improve existing systems and promises to be the next step up. A slow rollout in many locations, with some areas of Warrington deciding against the new towers that 5G would require. Taking a look at 5G and what it offers, we want to get to the bottom of the debate, to see what holds up to scrutiny and whether 5G is strictly necessary.
What is 5G?
5G is the term given to a collection of technologies that encompass the fifth generation of mobile wireless internet transmission. 5G was developed to offer speeds up to ten times faster than 4G, while allowing ten times more simultaneous connections per tower, from 100,000 up to a million. While these numbers will vary by location, as noted at Raconteur, the step-up can be significant.
While these advantages are certainly handy, 5G is not without its limits. 5G has only about a tenth of the range of 4G, and it offers less ability to penetrate walls and obstacles like trees. This means 5G requires more towers, rendering it unsuitable for the open countryside. With these issues, 5G comes as a kind of partner to existing 4G solutions, rather than a complete replacement.
Warrington’s Attitude
Though Warrington is seeing a 5G rollout already, it hasn’t been universally adopted or appreciated by Warrington citizens or councils. As we’ve noted before at Warrington Worldwide, a failure to adopt 5G can cause lower economic performance, and even lower the effectiveness of certain medical systems and personnel. So, why have areas like Hollins Green and Great Sankey made efforts in the past to block 5G?
The first reason is the appearance of the towers. Cell towers are never attractive designs, and given Warrington’s aesthetic, their presence can serve to damage natural charm. Though the towers can be hidden within more artistic installations, views could still be blocked.
The other main concern is that 5G can cause health issues. An enormous number of tests have shown that 5G signals are not harmful to health, despite the claims from conspiracy theorists. This is an argument that every generation of wireless technology faces thanks to the idea of electromagnetic hypersensitivity, a pseudomedical diagnosis. Residents complained about constant headaches and pains from a cell tower in 2010, in Craigavon, South Africa. Later they learned the tower was turned off.
Is 5G Necessary?
To determine the answer to this question we need to look at use cases and the advantages of 5G. Consider how 5G can offer a million active users from one point, up from 4G’s 100,000, for example. Since the entire Warrington population sits at around 172,000, and it’s unlikely that nearly half of the population will be under one tower at the same time, the advantages here of 5G are unlikely to ever come about.
The same can be said for most types of low-demand browsing and entertainment uses on smartphone systems. Consider online casino gameplay as is offered at Casino Reviews as a microcosm of what regular browsing and use can imply. For a start, users would browse and compare the websites like RIZK and LeoVegas, which works without issue or delay on 4G. Even playing games like slots, poker, and live titles work without issue on 4G, making 5G unnecessary.
On the most demanding edge of interactive entertainment, those of high-speed video games like PUBG and COD: Mobile, 5G again illustrates a step that user won’t need. Download speeds to collect these titles are already fast enough on 4G, there won’t be too many users playing to reach the 100.000 users per tower cap on 4G, and the slightly lower latency of 5G is offset by slight connection concerns when indoors. Again, this is an area where 4G is already more than good enough.
Add to this fact that these services have existed within a highly competitive market, without 5G, for more than two decades. Instead, online casinos constantly compete with special features like free spins and deposit matches in an enormous marketplace, and like so many other established online industries, 5G doesn’t really play into the equation at all.
While this might make it seem like 5G is useless, this isn’t truly the case. As we can all vouch for, wireless networks can be finicky things, even at the best of times. In this way, 5G can act as a way to provide additional overhead, which in the case of medical emergencies, is a very good thing.
For the first time, 5G marks a point where humanity has gotten out ahead of the curve, and while it’s not strictly necessary for most users today, the same can’t be said for the future. As long as you get over the negative effects on view, there aren’t any real downsides, and investment now means less frustration and problems later.
