<story><title>Cities Are Saying ‘No’ to 5G, Citing Health, Aesthetics, and FCC Bullying</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/cities-are-saying-no-to-5g-citing-health-aestheticsand-fcc-bullying-11566619391?mod=rsswn</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>_bxg1</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s such weird marketing zealotry behind 5G. They&amp;#x27;re acting like it&amp;#x27;s going to completely reshape society, but at best it&amp;#x27;s just... faster internet. In places where the internet is already pretty fast.&lt;p&gt;I can only assume it&amp;#x27;s a mixture of political and economic stakeholders that have their own reasons for really wanting it to succeed (looking competitive against China, selling new phones, etc.)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>JumpCrisscross</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;at best it&amp;#x27;s just... faster internet&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Counterpoint: streaming audio and video were singularly enabled by faster internet. That is restructuring multibillion-dollar industries. The iPhone, one could argue, and through it real-time social media, are products of mobile internet.&lt;p&gt;There are legitimate new capabilities that will likely erupt from cheaper, faster mobile internet. If the playground is in Shenzhen versus Silicon Valley, that’s where resources should be allocated to explore that potential.&lt;p&gt;I’m not arguing for 5G. (I don’t know enough about it.) But “it’s just faster internet” is a facile counterargument.</text></comment>
<story><title>Cities Are Saying ‘No’ to 5G, Citing Health, Aesthetics, and FCC Bullying</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/cities-are-saying-no-to-5g-citing-health-aestheticsand-fcc-bullying-11566619391?mod=rsswn</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>_bxg1</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s such weird marketing zealotry behind 5G. They&amp;#x27;re acting like it&amp;#x27;s going to completely reshape society, but at best it&amp;#x27;s just... faster internet. In places where the internet is already pretty fast.&lt;p&gt;I can only assume it&amp;#x27;s a mixture of political and economic stakeholders that have their own reasons for really wanting it to succeed (looking competitive against China, selling new phones, etc.)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sambull</author><text>Provides more throughput for mass surveillance systems, that will totally reshape society. Think &amp;#x27;social credit&amp;#x27; systems. Servicing these customers will be the bread and butter.</text></comment>