> It's both. The US favors low-density housing, as it's much more people-friendly than any other alternative. The other option is high-density Downtown hellscapes with scyscrapers. Both areas are not great for wireless.
> Also, Singapore is probably spammed with microcells so your phone actually connects to a 5G cell that is only a bit more away than your WiFi router.
Yes, and that's great. The density of cells goes up with the density of people.
> I was in Singapore last week, and I'm writing this from China. And no, mobile Internet in both countries can't compete with wired broadband.
The free government wifi we get here in many train stations and hawker centres regularly gives me 50 Mbps (on fast.com), and I never got less than 10 Mbps.
That's plenty fast for many applications, especially when it's free.
4G and 5G Mobile broadband is usually a lot faster than that.
> Only cable is capable of 1G speeds.
Singtel advertises that they have Gigabit mobile, and that's on 4G technology. 5G is going to be faster.
> There are companies that provide alternative water service, they are often used to fill or drain swimming pools.
That's beside the point. Nobody is going to rebuild the entire US for better Internet.
> Yes, and that's great. The density of cells goes up with the density of people.
The problem here is the same. If you can get connectivity very close to consumers, you might as well just provide fiber to home.
> The free government wifi we get here in many train stations and hawker centres regularly gives me 50 Mbps (on fast.com), and I never got less than 10 Mbps.
See? Free handouts from government, not multiple competing providers.
> Singtel advertises that they have Gigabit mobile, and that's on 4G technology. 5G is going to be faster.
4G peaks at 100mbps per channel, you can use multiple channels for about 500mbps in total. But that's shared across _all_ users. 5G has better efficiency, so you can get about 2gbps in total for low-frequency (i.e. actually useful) bands.
That's why "1Gbps" mobile Internet borders on false advertising. You _can_ get that speed, but only if all the stars align. It also won't be super-reliable.
> Interesting. How do they get the water to you?
Tanker trucks. It is usually cheaper than municipal water sources because pool filling companies can reuse the water. They also don't need to purify it to drinking water standards (in fact, they can _not_, pool water has to contain fairly high levels of chlorine).
> See? Free handouts from government, not multiple competing providers.
Huh? We have multiple competing providers for normal paid Internet services.
Btw, I called it 'government wifi', but I think it's actually provided by multiple competing companies (but I don't know how it's financed. I assume the government pays for it. You can research for yourself if you care , it's called 'wireless@sgx'.)
Alas, the US presents a false dilemma here: see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_middle_housing
> Also, Singapore is probably spammed with microcells so your phone actually connects to a 5G cell that is only a bit more away than your WiFi router.
Yes, and that's great. The density of cells goes up with the density of people.
> I was in Singapore last week, and I'm writing this from China. And no, mobile Internet in both countries can't compete with wired broadband.
The free government wifi we get here in many train stations and hawker centres regularly gives me 50 Mbps (on fast.com), and I never got less than 10 Mbps.
That's plenty fast for many applications, especially when it's free.
4G and 5G Mobile broadband is usually a lot faster than that.
> Only cable is capable of 1G speeds.
Singtel advertises that they have Gigabit mobile, and that's on 4G technology. 5G is going to be faster.
> There are companies that provide alternative water service, they are often used to fill or drain swimming pools.
Interesting. How do they get the water to you?