On May 25, the Korea Fair Trade Commission issued a huge fine of 33.6 billion won to the country's three major operators for exaggerating 5G speeds and committing serious false propaganda. The department said that the three major operators in the fool consumers to handle 5G services, promised that 5G network speed can reach 20Gbps, but this is only the theoretical maximum speed of 5G, after actual testing, it was found that the actual network speed of consumers is only a pitiful 656Mbps-801Mbps, and the operator will falsely mark the 5G network speed by more than 30 times!
Professor Beihang angrily tore the 5G fig leaf
In fact, domestic controversy over 5G has always existed. When 5G packages appeared, many consumers said that 4G network speeds were getting slower and slower, and 5G packages were often expensive, so they suspected that operators deliberately reduced 4G network speeds to force users to upgrade 5G packages. In this regard, Sun Wei, dean and professor of Beihang Software College, tore the 5G fig leaf in a speech, Professor Sun Wei believes: operators generally force you to buy 5G packages by reducing the network speed of 4G, which is not the right way for business! Professor Sun Wei also said that which software 4G cannot be used now, only 5G can be used? If not, then what do we do with 5G?
How many more lies are there in 5G?
1. 5G investment is a bottomless pit
It is known that as of the end of February this year, the mainland has built a total of 2.384 million base stations, and the construction cost of each 5G base station is about 300,000-400,000 yuan, which means that the construction of 5G base station hardware alone, the mainland has invested hundreds of billions or even trillions of yuan. In addition, because the 5G wavelength is shorter than 4G, the coverage of a single base station is much smaller, plus the 5G base station itself is more power-consuming, almost 3 times or even higher than 4G! According to the data of China Tower, the annual comprehensive electricity cost of a single 5G base station is about 30,000 yuan, so the annual electricity cost of 5G base stations has reached tens of billions of yuan! Many people said, wouldn't it be good if I didn't run a 5G package operator? But the cost of these infrastructure projects will eventually have to be spread over everyone's head, are you sure it has nothing to do with you?
2. The 5G network speed is not fast
Combined with the survey report released by the Academy of Information and Communications Technology in 2022, the average download speed of 5G users in mainland China is 304.8Mbps, which is worse than the actual network speed announced by South Korea, 1.7 times that of WiFi, and 11 times that of 4G. If you have 500 megabits at home, then the speed of broadband at home is faster than the 5G network, so the 5G network speed is not that fast.
3. 5G is useless
Combined with the data just now, the speed of broadband is similar to 5G when surfing the Internet at home, and even if you go out to watch short videos, watch live broadcasts, and play games, the network speed of 4G is enough to meet the demand. Some people say that when watching 4K video, 4G is very stuck, first of all, there are very few domestic film sources of real 4K video content, and major video platforms are trying to compress the picture quality, reduce the resolution, reduce the bitrate, the so-called "4K ultra-clear" can not even reach the true 1080P picture quality level. So, where is the 5G scenario? The perception is really not strong!
Is 5G really useless? Ren Zhengfei was so right
In this regard, Ren Zhengfei explained in 2021 that at an employee symposium in 2021, some employees raised questions related to 5G. Ren Zhengfei said: It takes a long time for new technologies to emerge from their emergence to their application, and 5G is not omnipotent, but also requires a process. Trains have gone decades from invention to mass use, so the value of 5G is in the future rather than now!
Ren Zhengfei is so right! In my opinion, the real meaning of 5G lies in ToB, which is often said to be "4G changes life, 5G changes society". Huawei's legion business is to use the technical advantages of Hongmeng and 5G to carry out intelligent transformation of each sub-industry, and the combination of 5G + mine Hongmeng system will allow miners to wear suits and ties and sit in the office to mine in the future. Liberating productivity and improving social efficiency is the real use of 5G!
So it's not that 5G is useless, it's that when 5G first appeared, too many unscrupulous media through public opinion guidance, so that consumers have unrealistic expectations for 5G, these unscrupulous media is the "culprit" of 5G farce, for this Ren Zhengfei also specifically spoke out to cool down 5G public opinion. It's not that 5G is useless, but it's not yet time to play a role, please give the country and Huawei some more time!