Re: You Have Reached Your DestinationJoe, true - when we on the wireline side pick a new G" we are all in. Though the 40G fiasco was a bit ".5G-like" in many ways.
Re: You Have Reached Your DestinationDoesn't it seem that at least some of the early promise of 5G has been put aside in the rush to get something out? I'm thinking about true next-gen things like tactile Internet. 5G seems to have reverted mainly to a bandwidth upgrade role. Besides, we'll probably have to get to at least 8G before teleporting becomes a reality.
Re: You Have Reached Your DestinationAs a Brit I feel I appreciate sarcasm as much as anyone and he seemed as serious as it gets to me. But there is always the possibility he was taking deadpan Scottish humor to an entirely new level.
He is not the first to have suggested there might be no 6G (http://www.silicon.co.uk/networks/broadband/5gic-director-5g-revolutionary-will-no-6g-176895?inf_by=5970ca68671db81c7d8b476a) - but it's the first time I've heard it said recently, and by a major telco.
Re: You Have Reached Your DestinationI'm guessing Mr. McRae was having a little fun and was taken a bit too seriously. It's hard to imagine anyone believing that we'll have reached the end goal by 2025. Unless we never get to 2026.
Re: You Have Reached Your DestinationAs I used to explain to our erstwhile Chief Analyst Patrick Donegan, wireline will always be way ahead of wireless technologically - in optics we are already working on 400G!
When Will 6G Arrive? Hopefully Never, Says BT's McRae
And, considering what I've witnessed myself in Boston and the Big Dig, probably less likely.
Let's hope they have hyperloop coverage.
He is not the first to have suggested there might be no 6G (http://www.silicon.co.uk/networks/broadband/5gic-director-5g-revolutionary-will-no-6g-176895?inf_by=5970ca68671db81c7d8b476a) - but it's the first time I've heard it said recently, and by a major telco.
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