[NoOneNew]

If you're in the USA, heres a fun fact: your city and/or county helped pay for the 5g infrastructure out of tax payer dollars.

Next fun fact. All those telecommunication cunts lobbied to greatly lower the lease rate for those paddles to be put on tax payer infrastructure.

Next fun fact. A majority of 4g infrastructure bonds and other loans cities and counties took out back in the day are about to be fully paid for, on average, between 2025-2030. Depends on the area.

Another one. They had to take out new loans for the 5g. Replacing soon to be freed tax payer revenue back to locked up.

Next one, a bunch of Florida special interests groups noticed this and countered the telecomm lobbying because 5g is pretty much fucking useless.

That all I found out from an in depth article in a business trade magazine called Florida Trends. Laying out a lot as to why FL voters should call their reps to stop telecomm lobbying.

It was a month or two later, "those dumb Floridians think 5g causes cancer and brain control" or whatever that stupid wave of propaganda bullshit was.

"But I can download Fortnite in 43 seconds with 5g!" Literally was everywhere as an argument FOR 5g a while back.

Congrats, your tax dollars went to the toilet so you can stream a 4k movie on a 4 inch screen.

Am I bitter, yes. Especially when on HN i kept reading you lot thinking all tech progress is good at any cost. Whatever conspiracy crap was bot trolled clouded the money aspect of the argument. But hey, whatever. Voters had the chance to free up tax revenues for public benefit. Nope, need that sweet sweet "high speed". That's not the "rich" or "capitalism's" fault since it was an obvious, stupid ploy. Except the general public is just dumber and more self interested.

[illiac786]

All these statements and not a single source, reference, etc. This, coupled the very emotional tone, gives it zero credibility in my eyes.

[babypuncher]

> 5g is pretty much fucking useless.

And this one is just flat out false. The massive amount of additional spectrum afforded to 5G means carriers can service way more customers in the same cell without degrading performance.

I have to wonder who is benefiting from all this 5G FUD. Bizarre conspiracy theories do not spread like this without some financial or political interest pulling the strings.