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dwedgetoday at 1:56 PM2 repliesview on HN

One of the main aims of 5G rollout was for the eventual inclusion of sims in these devices


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nszcetatoday at 2:06 PM

For 5G enabled devices the medicine is to cut the antenna off

grueztoday at 2:06 PM

I'll believe it when I see it. The numbers simply don't pencil out. Streaming ads over cellular networks is going to be insanely expensive at rates that IOT/esim providers are currently offering. Not to mention that most people would connect to wifi anyways so they can watch neflix or whatever without a second device. If a 5G module costs $25 but only 10% of people actually never connect to wifi, you're basically paying $250 just to get that incremental customer connected.

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