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.
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#22Surely the problem is access to spectrum, or is the idea to rely on unused spectrum bands reserved for local experimental use?
> Convenience of CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) in the US with no need to acquire spectrum licenses.
From: https://d1.awsstatic.com/reInvent/re21-pdp-tier1/private-5g/...
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#23Surely the problem is access to spectrum, or is the idea to rely on unused spectrum bands reserved for local experimental use?
it's probably CBRS based system. there are a SAS (spectrum access system) administrators that in charge of managing spectrum so different users won't sit on same frequency. kinda like this https://www.comsearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cbrs-sa...
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#24Spectrum questions aside (which obviously one of the biggest one), could this enable running Helium 5G on AWS?
-- Edit: I don't own any Helium, just curious from tech side what this new AWS service could offer. Not sure the downvotes are particularly about Helium or any crypto related discussion.
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#25I'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.
Came here to say exactly this. Out in rural Canada (Ontario) it is extremely difficult to find reliable, fast, unlimited access.
With Starlink delaying a good deal of preorders, something like this could be great.
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#26I wonder if this is a product that was built on top of something they needed to use internally. Makes me wonder how Amazon is using this technology for themselves... Anyone care to speculate?
I would guess it's more aimed at use in large factories, warehouses and yards, where WiFi is not going to be practical.
I did a stint as a (software) architect for a large Norwegian engineering company, and at the time they were looking at getting a private 4G network setup, as their facilities were absolutely huge. I did a little research, and quite a few mobile operators actually offer private 4G networks for exactly this use case.
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#28I'd love to see _some_ pricing estimates. There's a good amount I'd pay to get something like this for some rural communities, but it's unclear if I'm anywhere near able to afford it.
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#29What's the business case for a service like this? Is there anyone on HN that would order this for example?
I would imagine that Amazon is already using this service internally to support their Amazon.com marketplace effort. If I were to take a stab at Amazon's internal use case for a private 5g network, I would bet they are using it to manage the communications of the Amazon Logistics applications.
Amazon has come to not be held hostage and rely on outside companies for services all throughout their vertical including Fulfillment, Cloud Computing, and Logistics and Delivery. They have abstracted out their core operational dependencies into their own service offerings, so why not a private 5g network next?
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#30Does this need an "id" (phone number) to communicate in 5G?