You see, “one of our candidates for President” is not a position that merits ANY respect, in and of itself.

A very small minority of voters could, in theory, through the primary process, promote a total idiot as a candidate for President. I am not required to respect that process, or that person.

Now, if such a person were to be elected POTUS by a fair process, and something resembling a majority, then I would have to respect that POTUS, like it or not, because of the weight of the support from my fellow citizens. That person would be your President, and also mine, and the office conveys a position of honor, and demands respect.

But until that day, if David wants to denigrate Trump, then it is simply his free expression that he finds Trump the punchline of a bad joke, not a respectable figure.

Your arguments are simply false…although I can’t tell if it’s because you’re ill-informed, of if it is because you want to promote Fixed Wireless Broadband at the expense of 5G. Still, it’s worth noting that 5G technologies will be useful for FWB as well as mobile.

I’m not claiming 5G is here or real. Yeah, it’s still really early. Yes, lots of exuberant superlatives are being offered by the PR teams. Well, duh. But that doesn’t prove the negative. Regardless of the PR spin, it remains true that the industry is moving swiftly, and in an organized way, towards 5G in 2020.

Now, on to the proof of your misperception. 5G is seen as nothing because it truly is a strange mixed bag of different solutions to address different usage scenarios. Sorry if it’s confusing. It is. But it’s still real.

You say there is no plan. Here’s RCR Wireless on the plan two major standards bodies, the ITU and the 3GPP, have for 5G through 2020:
http://www.rcrwireless.com/20160719/internet-of-things/5g-standards-process-tag31-tag99

You say there is no plan, but there is a group called the NGMN, whose members are the CTOs of major telecom providers and vendors. These leaders do work that precedes the standards bodies above to specify needs and use cases for each next generation of wireless. They have been hard at work for years now on 5G. I think if anyone clicked the link below, they would see that the claim of “there’s no plan” is false.
https://www.ngmn.org/home.html

Lastly, you yourself report that CEOs “are stepping it up too, talking about “5G trials”, “field tests”. Yeah. That’s what they do when they’re motivated. Carriers choose a piece of the future standard that they feel is important to them, and agree to trial early versions with an appropriate vendor. This displays a level of market demand (the carriers ARE the customers of “g” technologies), and progress. This is how the technology actually is ready for prime time by 2020.

Your knowledge of proprietary fixed wireless technology does not help you here. You should reconsider your analysis.

I say “5G is nothing”, because it does not exist. It’s parents haven’t even met yet, let alone made it to first base.

RE my use of a presidential candidate to make a satirical point, it made me laugh when I thought of it, and we could use more humor in life. Meanwhile, I didn’t mention the candidate even once in the body of my piece. My general feeling about the election is that there are things I try not to see too closely, because they make me throw up in my mouth.

I appreciate that you read the piece though, Jim, and differences of opinion are quite welcome!