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Beehaw technology can you help explain like I'm five, 5g vs 4g? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I kinda understand it has to do with frequencies and the speed they can send information but I don't know enough to have a productive conversation with those that think it's mind altering cancer rays. Thats also what i keep running into online when I'm trying to find a dummy version for how it all works. I know I'll probably never be able to have a truly productive conversation with those types but i would like to have a better understanding myself.

It would be helpful to explain and frame it with radio and public broadcasting as well. to me, these are all happy information rays that send me thing i like but i don't full understand the technology behind it.

Thanks everyone this has been super helpful! Might try and make an info graph for to hang in my post box since I've gotten some crazy anti 5g flyers recently

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imagine you and I like to talk and we write each other post cards. And we send them via a local courier business run by a 16 year old who wants summer money.

4G is where we use their service so send a card each day and its consistent and works across our neighbourhood.

5G (non millimetre wave) is about the same as 4G but the courier us using an electric bike rather than their normal bike.

5G Millimetre is when this teen hires 4 other kids and they all are using go-carts to go back and forth from our houses to deliver each post card.

The up side is its fast as hell, the downside is go-carts can drive on normal roads.

Using a bike might be slower but they can use public roads and we can connect outside of our neighbourhood. Its slower but it generally works at longer ranges.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you mean go carts can't go on public roads?

So that would be why there needs to be more towers, for more go cart postie gangs? This analogy is helpful, thanks

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You got it! And the go-cart idea is not perfect because some regions have different rules, but in most suburban areas of the United States you cannot drive go carts or even golf carts on public roads, only on subdivisions and private roads.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks!