mmwave is capacity - think big venues, concerts, home internet. In this case that node serves dozens of houses for their home internet. Not sure I get where you're going here. mmwave most certainly has a use case. When I was at sofi for the luke combs concert, mmwave is what made useable data possible.
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Apple's Second 5G Modem for iPhone 18 Pro and iPad Pro Expected to Support mmWave
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Yep, exactly. I live in the city, I get mmwave daily in my area. I'm also in one of the largest cities in the U.S where the additional capacity it offers is appreciated.
Share with a hundred other people simultaneously?
I honestly do not get comments like the above. Do you seriously not understand that (especially in a large city) at any given time you are sharing the tower with vast numbers of other users?
As a VERY rough order of magnitude, a cell tower might support ~1500 users, but that varies a lot by geography. And obviously not all those users are using simultaneously. But at some times of the day (eg commute hour, streaming podcasts or spotify or even video on the train/bus) a large number may be...