Ukujonga ngokusondeleyo intambo xa kuthelekiswa ne-5G engenazingcingo engaguqukiyo

Ngaba i-5G kunye ne-midband spectrum ziya kunika i-AT&T, iVerizon kunye ne-T-Mobile amandla okuchasa ngokuthe ngqo ababoneleli be-intanethi yekhebula yelizwe ngeenkonzo zabo ze-broadband zasekhaya?

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I-T-Mobile ithe kwiveki ephelileyo ilindele ukuzuza phakathi kwezigidi ezisi-7 kunye nezigidi ezisi-8 zabathengi be-intanethi abangenazingcingo ezizinzileyo kwiminyaka emihlanu ezayo kwiindawo zasemaphandleni nasezidolophini. Nangona oko kuphezulu kakhulu kunabathengi abamalunga nezigidi ezi-3 ababeqikelelwe ngaphambili ngabahlalutyi bezemali eSanford C. Bernstein & Co. ngelo xesha linzima, kuphantsi kakhulu koqikelelo olunikezwe yi-T-Mobile ngo-2018, xa yathi iza kufumana abathengi abazizigidi ezili-9.5 ngelo xesha liqhelekileyo. Ngaphezu koko, injongo yokuqala nenkulu ye-T-Mobile ayizange ibandakanye i-$10 yeebhiliyoni kwi-C-band spectrum umqhubi ayifumene kutshanje - injongo entsha, encinci yomqhubi iyayibandakanya. Oku kuthetha ukuba, emva kokuqhuba uvavanyo lwe-LTE olungenazingcingo oluzinzileyo kunye nabathengi abamalunga ne-100,000, i-T-Mobile ifumene i-spectrum engaphezulu kwaye yanciphisa nolindelo lwayo olungenazingcingo oluzinzileyo.

Ekuqaleni iVerizon yathi iza kugubungela amakhaya afikelela kwizigidi ezingama-30 ngenkonzo ye-intanethi engenazingcingo eyayiqalisa ngo-2018, mhlawumbi kwi-millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum holdings. Kwiveki ephelileyo, umqhubi uphakamise loo njongo yokugubungela ukuya kwizigidi ezingama-50 ngo-2024 kwiindawo zasemaphandleni nasezidolophini, kodwa wathi malunga nezigidi ezi-2 kuphela zaloo makhaya aza kugubungela i-mmWave. Ezinye ziya kugubungela ikakhulu i-Verizon's C-band spectrum holdings. Ngaphezu koko, iVerizon ithe ilindele ukuba ingeniso evela kule nkonzo ibe malunga ne-$1 yeebhiliyoni ngo-2023, inani elithe abahlalutyi bezemali eSanford C. Bernstein & Co. lithetha ukuba babhalisile abayi-1.5 yezigidi kuphela.

Nangona kunjalo, i-AT&T, mhlawumbi inike izimvo ezibalaseleyo. "Xa usebenzisa i-wireless ukusombulula iinkonzo ezifana ne-fiber kwindawo exineneyo, awunalo amandla," utshilo umphathi we-AT&T networking uJeff McElfresh kwiMarketplace, ephawula ukuba imeko isenokuba yahlukile kwiindawo zasemaphandleni. Oku kuvela kwinkampani esele igubungela iindawo zasemaphandleni eziyi-1.1 yezigidi ngeenkonzo ze-wireless ezizinzileyo kwaye ilandelela ngokusondeleyo ukusetyenziswa kwe-broadband ekhaya kwinethiwekhi yayo ye-fiber. (Nangona kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuba i-AT&T ilandela zombini iVerizon kunye ne-T-Mobile ngokuba ngabanini be-spectrum iyonke kunye neethagethi zokwakhiwa kwe-C-band.)

Iinkampani zekhebula zelizwe ngokuqinisekileyo ziyavuya kakhulu yile ntambo engenazingcingo ezinzileyo. Enyanisweni, i-CEO yeCharter Communications uTom Rutledge unike izimvo ezithile kumsitho wabatyali-mali wakutshanje, ngokutsho kwabahlalutyi beNew Street, xa evuma ukuba ungenza ishishini lisebenze kwintambo engenazingcingo ezizinzileyo. Nangona kunjalo, uthe kuya kufuneka uchithe imali eninzi kunye nobubanzi kule ngxaki kuba uza kufumana ingeniso efanayo (malunga ne-$50 ngenyanga) kumthengi wefowuni osebenzisa i-10GB ngenyanga njengoko ubuya kwenza kumthengi we-broadband wasekhaya osebenzisa malunga ne-700GB ngenyanga.

Loo manani ahambelana noqikelelo lwakutshanje. Umzekelo, i-Ericsson ibike ukuba abasebenzisi be-smartphone baseMntla Melika basebenzise umyinge we-12GB yedatha ngenyanga ngo-2020. Ngokwahlukileyo, uphando lwe-OpenVault lwabasebenzisi be-broadband basekhaya lufumanise ukuba ukusetyenziswa okuqhelekileyo kudlule kwi-482.6GB ngenyanga kwikota yesine ka-2020, ukusuka kwi-344GB kwikota yonyaka ophelileyo.

Ekugqibeleni, umbuzo kukuba ngaba ubona iglasi ye-intanethi engenazingcingo engaguqukiyo njengesiqingatha esigcweleyo okanye isiqingatha esingenanto. Kwisiqingatha esipheleleyo, iVerizon, i-AT&T kunye ne-T-Mobile zonke zisebenzisa ubuchwepheshe ukwandisa imarike entsha kunye nokufumana ingeniso ebezingenakuba nayo ngenye indlela. Kwaye, mhlawumbi, ngokuhamba kwexesha banokwandisa amabhongo abo angenazingcingo angaguqukiyo njengoko ubuchwepheshe buphucuka kwaye uluhlu olutsha lufika kwimarike.

Kodwa kumbono ongenanto, uneqela labaqhubi abathathu abebesebenza kwesi sihloko kangangeminyaka elishumi, kwaye ukuza kuthi ga ngoku abananto ibonakalayo, ngaphandle koluhlu oluhlala luhleli lweepali zeenjongo ezitshintshiweyo.

Kuyacaca ukuba iinkonzo ze-intanethi ezingenazingcingo ezisisigxina zinendawo yazo - emva kwayo yonke loo nto, phantse izigidi ezisi-7 zaseMelika zisebenzisa obu buchwephesha namhlanje, uninzi lwazo kwiindawo zasemaphandleni - kodwa ngaba buza kugcina abantu abafana neComcast kunye neCharter bephaphile ebusuku? Akunjalo. Okungenani okwangoku.