5 G

Posted previously regarding, any information posters may have, regarding 5G.
Would appreciate any such info, especially the 'Dangers' of having an enormous number of transmitters on all sorts of objects, e.g. lamp posts etc.
A broadcaster said "don't worry, the amount of radiation is minimal".
Would like more info in this regard.
helpoort

Millions of homes already have devices using similar bands 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz to broadcast Wi-Fi, so the current 5G deployment sits in similar bands. Just because it is 5G rather than Wi-Fi or 4G does not make it any more dangerous.

On the enormous number of transmitters - what is better one massive transmitter in a town and handsets needing to use high power to transmit to it OR lots of smaller cells that output a lower power and the handset can also use a lower power? I'll save you the time, the later is better.

Lots of scare mongering is going on, but boils down to the fear of the unknown and the invisible, when the reality is services are already using similar frequencies e.g. blanket wi-fi coverage in the City of London, with wi-fi kit at about the same density that 5G will be once the multi Gigabit roll-out takes place.

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Lots of scare mongering is going on, but boils down to the fear of the unknown and the invisible, when the reality is services are already using similar frequencies e.g. blanket wi-fi coverage in the City of London, with wi-fi kit at about the same density that 5G will be once the multi Gigabit roll-out takes place.

Well said. Most of us have microwaves and WiFi access points at home.

Nevermind the sheer number of CRT televisions most homes in the country had for decades....

Hi

There is a lot of mis-information out there and fake news about so called negative health effects of any type of new technology using radio waves.

A really good fact sheet dispelling a lot of the usual rubbish often spouted by those against 5G is here: https://e3.marco.ch/publish/sunrise/821_3887/2019032...

The facts, yes radio waves are in group 2B for being possibly carcinogenic (regardless if 5G or not) which the tin-hat people are always keen to point out, but then so are pickled vegetables, coffee (contains Caffeic acid) and Aloe vera that we happily rub on ourselves.

Because radio waves are in Group 2B for being possibly carcinogenic mean there are/have seen numerous studies into the effects of mobile phones/radio waves on the human body, and no concrete evidence has been found of ill effects in what we are exposed to. Most warnings about health and safety around transmitters for those working on them is due to the risk of burns, and not for cancers or brain tumours.

Regards

Phil

Edited by deleted (Fri 31-May-19 18:06:21)

Thank you for your effort in supplying the information from Switzerland.
Much appreciated
helpoort

We got the same scaremonger headlines with wifi, microwave ovens, 3g, 4g and mobile phones in general.

On a side note, i notice 5g is in the same frequency range as wifi. Any chance of interference or does it stay well clear of wifi frequency?

Hi

5G uses a licensed spectrum, Wi-Fi is unlicensed and so its out of the way of Wi-Fi.

Regards

Phil

Actually different frequencies once you look at the detail

For a large part 5G will be broadcast from existing mast sites which already are broadcasting 2G, 3G and 4G on similar frequencies. Longer term I suspect the 2G 3G and perhaps even 4G will be refarmed to 5G, essentially that means using the frequency that was once used by those technologies to provide 5G. 4G is already using a lot of the 2G and 3G spectrum which has been refarmed and some frequencies once used for freeview transmissions.

Smaller cells will help to prevent your device from having to output so much radiation to communicate with the mast, as it�s now closer, so it�s a double edge sword.

Must come a point where 2G is switched off?