Tag: LTE
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The Wireless Industry’s Boat Anchor Problem
Do you remember 2010? We were all playing Angry Birds, wearing Silly Bandz, and watching a 16-year-old Canadian kid with a swooping haircut take over the planet singing “Baby.” Justin Bieber was the new hotness. If you didn’t have Bieber fever, you were irrelevant. A few years later, that haircut aged about as well as…
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THE POISONED GOBLET: A Lesson on Broadband Policy from The Princess Bride
My parents loved me. I can prove it; they introduced me to The Princess Bride at an early age. It’s a film that hits every note a young tween or teen could want: adventure, rescues, sword fights, and just enough wit to make you feel clever for keeping up. SPOLIERS AHEAD. STOP READING NOW IF…
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The Great American Backhoe Bonanza: How Washington’s Fiber Obsession Buried the AI Future — Until Now
For years, Washington bet everything on fiber, spending billions in taxpayer money with the primary purpose of extending fiber cable to every home – all of this with the goal of future-proofing the American internet. It hasn’t worked. Instead, this backhoe bonanza has burned through public funds while leaving the country unprepared for the real…
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You’ve Got Trees. You’ve Got Terrain. You Can’t Afford Tarana.
When you’re up against brutal terrain — dense trees, heavy forests, and tough topography — wireless internet deployment options narrow fast. You either pay for expensive licensed spectrum or turn to CBRS, a public-use radio band that delivers the signal strength needed to punch through obstructions and bring rural broadband and edge devices online. For…
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Simplifying the Core: Introducing Rapid5GS
One of the hardest parts of building a private LTE or 5G network is getting a functional network core up and running. In mobility parlance, this core is known as the EPC (Evolved Packet Core) or 5GC (5G Core)—and it’s essentially the brain of a cellular network. This “brain” handles all the essential functions that…