6G Internet - Never heard of them till....
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Well now actually
Came across them purely by chance as I noticed an odd amount of BT type poles in a street in Blackpool
Looked like BT Poles probably smelt like BT poles too but they were installed according to the notice on behalf of "6G"
https://www.6ginternet.com/
From what I can tell it seems to be a bunch of poles wired together and either the wire or something on the pole itself kicks out wifi at fast speeds. I can see a few issues myself. The amount of poles needed and the practicality of installing them
In the street I was looking at (we are buying up an old dilapidated hotel to convert to modern apartments) it is essentially several rows of large properties some as terraces of several buildings some as quasis a few semis etc. The street is a mix of hotels some converted hotels to student accommodation and some private houses. Personally I think the poles are rather archaic although one won't be outside our property
The poles were spaced roughly about 30 yards apart and looked a little obstrusive.
The company seem to be based in Burnley and the reviews are mixed and interesting. This article is quite damning
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2013/11/mark...
Curious if anyone has any personal dealings
Came across them purely by chance as I noticed an odd amount of BT type poles in a street in Blackpool
Looked like BT Poles probably smelt like BT poles too but they were installed according to the notice on behalf of "6G"
https://www.6ginternet.com/
From what I can tell it seems to be a bunch of poles wired together and either the wire or something on the pole itself kicks out wifi at fast speeds. I can see a few issues myself. The amount of poles needed and the practicality of installing them
In the street I was looking at (we are buying up an old dilapidated hotel to convert to modern apartments) it is essentially several rows of large properties some as terraces of several buildings some as quasis a few semis etc. The street is a mix of hotels some converted hotels to student accommodation and some private houses. Personally I think the poles are rather archaic although one won't be outside our property
The poles were spaced roughly about 30 yards apart and looked a little obstrusive.
The company seem to be based in Burnley and the reviews are mixed and interesting. This article is quite damning
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2013/11/mark...
Curious if anyone has any personal dealings
Air fibre? 6G?
Air fibre, well, that is sort of wifi (direct link though, wonder if the aerials are directional) and is there a spec for anything to be called 6g apart from a marketing ploy and possibly naming rights?
What they seem to have done then is stick load of poles in, radio link transceivers on the top and hooked the local set up to a node that connects to some network somewhere. Exchanges in a box at the roadside, follow where they have dug up or are they a user in a rack at the local exchange? Who is providing the links for them.
A later update from the link you provided.
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2019/06/6g-i...
BT poles usually have info carved or stamped on them. BT, year and pole length or something. There will be a pole number nailed to it as well though I have seen ex BT pole erection units (phnar phnar). Doesn't have to be BT to put a pole up.
Air fibre, well, that is sort of wifi (direct link though, wonder if the aerials are directional) and is there a spec for anything to be called 6g apart from a marketing ploy and possibly naming rights?
What they seem to have done then is stick load of poles in, radio link transceivers on the top and hooked the local set up to a node that connects to some network somewhere. Exchanges in a box at the roadside, follow where they have dug up or are they a user in a rack at the local exchange? Who is providing the links for them.
A later update from the link you provided.
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2019/06/6g-i...
BT poles usually have info carved or stamped on them. BT, year and pole length or something. There will be a pole number nailed to it as well though I have seen ex BT pole erection units (phnar phnar). Doesn't have to be BT to put a pole up.
The_Jackal said:
I would imagine 6G is just a marketing term they made up.
Yes a cash in to make them sound futuristic. It reminded me of the craze for hi fi manufacturers to pop the word "digital" onto anything. Marantz had "Digital Monitoring Series" or some such twaddle on their actually good cassette decks (irony overload)I saw (I think ) some wild claim of 6 gigabit speeds on a poster on one of the poles. Seems wildly exagerrated
Russ35 said:
Where are these poles? Cannot say I've seen anything while out and about in Blackpool
They are on Palatine Road I noticed them on this stretch here (before some bright sparks says but there are no poles in the link I know it was mapped before the poles were erectedhttps://www.google.com/maps/@53.8125021,-3.0475439...
And further down going towards Whitegate Drive
bristolracer said:
There's a good chance that a lot of 5g infrastructure will be rolled out in bits of street furniture.
Lower power masts but many more of them
Do not be surprised if the anti everything mob start kicking off about how the masts make their brains sing
To clarify these are nothing to do with 5G. I suspect that the whole idea of this provider is deeply flawed after doing some reading tonightLower power masts but many more of them
Do not be surprised if the anti everything mob start kicking off about how the masts make their brains sing
Perhaps little more than a "rabbit" for the 2010s when looked back upon in years to come.I am not a cynic or an anti tech person but there is something odd about this whole set up
Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 7th October 02:42
Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 7th October 02:43
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