Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

It is truly overhyped but it is not just AT&T, it is the whole industry. But behind the scences the carriers have admitted there is no business case for wide scale deployment. In other words, where is the incremental revenue going to come from if you just give existing customers more bandwidth? As with media, VR, etc, consumers only have a fixed amount of income to put towards entertainment. Thus why they are cutting the cord. They can no longer afford big bundles of c-ap. There is plenty of competition for the shrinking consumer disposable income. This is a technology looking for a killer app.

Outside of the geeks, they will have big hurdle getting people to move to 5G. Not big advantage for 99.995% of their customer base. Having handsets on 5G is a waste of good technology. What would anyone need with low latency app on some 5" device in their hand. Video's pretty damn good on LTE. I suppose for smart type device, like cars and various sensor devices 5G may have small advantage.

DUDE 5G IS ON .....Stephenson also talked positively about AT&T’s 5G wireless plans, adding that the network will be a game changer for consumers.

AT&T turned on 5G service in 12 markets in December and plans to expand to another seven markets in the first quarter. The service should roll out to other parts of the country over this year.

Stephenson has been an obvious cheerleader for 5G, and told Bartiromo that AT&T is banking its future on the technology.

“I have seen a lot of technological innovation in this industry over my 36 year career, I have yet to witness what we’re about to see in 5G,” Stephenson said. “This is going to change everything.”

It's pretty sad when even Forbes is bashing a CEO.

Try finding someone telling the truth at AT&T about anything, that would be the challenge, the lied about TMobike, DirecTV, Bellsouth, Now Time Warner. The new alternate reality