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The Ray Baum Act, a 1.3 billion dollar spending bill for the US government was just signed and passed as of recent. The goal of this act is to help quickly distribute 5G within the US. Not only will the amount of money that is being put into this project help with the advancement into 5G, but the act has also reauthorized the FCC. Now regulators of the FCC can enforce policies that will help get 5G into the hands of US citizens. This bill is of major importance especially to companies like Verizon and AT&T who expect to launch 5G to only a few of their consumers as early as this year. There are so many possibilities and benefits the US can gain with a wide distribution of a 5G wireless network throughout the country.

If we thought 4G LTE was fast, well, 5G is expected to be almost one hundred times faster than 4G LTE data speeds. Also, another improvement regarding speed of our network would be the huge decrease in latency. There’s a possibility that latency could be cut all the way down to only one millisecond due to 5G. These increases in speed will help benefit our movement into the Internet of Things. 5G should be able to allow numerous devices to be connected with cellular networks at fast speeds. Specifically, self-driving cars could benefit tremendously due to the drastic decrease in latency that 5G will help provide. These cars will have so much more time to respond to other signals from cellular networks. I am ecstatic that the US has demonstrated their efforts and belief into advancing our wireless technology throughout the country. Now, we must wait until the day 5G is as accessible in our country as 4G.

Sources:https://www.cnet.com/news/spending-bill-signed-by-trump-paves-way-for-5g/

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