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It is an attractive proposition.
Internet speeds up to twenty times faster than our current best services can offer. Mobile streaming in all areas of the developed world. A capacity revolution to herald a new generation of wearable smart tech. Our lives will be unrecognisable compared to that of just a few years ago, such is the transformative impact this new network will provide.
With a thousand times more traffic than 4G technology, we will see self-driving cars become a reality, rendering traffic jams delays and collisions a thing of the past. Pilot-less agricultural equipment will plough, sow and reap harvests continuously, night and day, entertainment will be truly portable, and limitless.
Who wouldn’t want such benefits and luxuries?
The future is exciting and the streams of new revenue that would open are phenomenal.
And therein lies the problem.
5G is big business. A global steamroller of untapped potential. No one wants to hear about the negatives. Studies highlighting the dangers are debunked as scaremongering, without acknowledging the scientific rigour of the experiments. Those who conduct the studies are quietly dismissed as cranks, and yet the science is sound.