AWS Private 5G

Post by smegsicle » Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 6:01 PM UTC

nicce wrote: post #44

the_arun wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I see a potential use of it from IoT devices. An eg. a tractor wants to communicate with a central server for commands.

I fear what this means in larger scale. All Amazon manufactured physical IoT and hardware could have sidechannel in the future to escape network isolation. They already have this "feature" which expands your home network for neighbor Amazon devices if they need Internet access. And default setting is "ON", not off. How many consumer is aware of that? https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Sidewalk/b/?node=21328123011

Post by sinak » Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 6:03 PM UTC

benjaminwai wrote: post #52

I wonder how do they link back to the main network? Would it require a fiber backbone in place as a prerequisite? Or through satellite uplink? i.e., would somewhere really remote, say, the oil rig in the North Sea, be out of luck for such installation?

Post by paxys » Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 6:08 PM UTC

kumarski wrote: post #33

I wonder how many CISOs and CTOs trust Amazon. I'm not sufficiently technical on this front and so I'm probably being a little on the side of paranoia but I don't trust Amazon with my cellular infrastructure.

Post by VRay » Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 6:09 PM UTC

paxys wrote: post #59

mfer wrote: post #21

I wonder which smart TV provider will be the first to use this instead of home wifi where people can disable or black hole connectivity.

What does a smart TV have to do with a private 5G network? People just upvote any meaningless comment on this site as long as it sounds mildly controversial.

Post by aero-glide2 » Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 6:10 PM UTC

technobabbler wrote: post #47

verelo wrote: post #16

I'd love to set this up for my rural community. I've got a good connection but many people have no cell service, no dsl lines, no cable...literally nothing. Until something like starlink is ubiquitous i feel like this could go a long way to solving their problems.

I don't think this solves the last-mile problem. You still have to provide (get) internet connectivity; Amazon just relays that landline to 5G. And in rural areas, 5G probably doesn't give you enough range anyhow. Have you considered mesh revenue-share networks like Althea ( https://www.althea.net/ )? There's a nonprofit one too operating in several cities, but I can't remember what it's called.