As upstart fixed wireless access services launched several years ago by T-Mobile and Verizon undercut them on price, robbed them of market share and ended their customer growth expansion, top cable executives adopted a “what, me worry?” posture.
Over time, they argued, 5G wireless won't have the capacity to keep up with the speed and quality demanded by consumers for 4K video streaming and other data-intensive tasks now conducted regularly in the American home.
