Prior to rollout, various pundits were commenting that they would have to have base stations on nearly every street lamp. That certainly precludes any kind of service in our area because we don't have any street lamps for many miles.
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On 2/8/2022 10:13 AM, Chuck McCown via
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I would guess they are referring to the C band freqs they added as part of 5G.From: Nate BurkeSent: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 10:56 AMSubject: Re: [AFMUG] Horizon 5G millimeter repeaterI haven't used it, but here in Chicago, Verizon has billboards advertising their UltraWideband (so is that the mm wave?) service that's now active along the lake front between 2 neighborhoods.
So they advertize how fast it is, that doesn't change your data cap? So you can just use all your data faster?
On 2/8/2022 11:27 AM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
I remain unconvinced that you can use the mm waves on a handheld device unless you are looking at the tower 100’ away. They don’t penetrate walls. I am guessing they are really only useful for PTP and probably for business customers.From: Jaime SolorzaSent: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 9:44 AMSubject: [AFMUG] Horizon 5G millimeter repeaterSureCall has a new booster for Verizon's millimeter 5G service...watch the videos...pretty impressive..Says you need an FCC license to install them...wonder what kind of licenses are required?Buehler, Buehler, anyone?
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