WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The chief executives of major U.S. passenger and cargo carriers on Monday warned of an impending "catastrophic" aviation crisis in less than 36 hours, when AT&T (T.N) and Verizon (VZ.N) are set to deploy new 5G service.
The airlines warned the new C-Band 5G service set to begin on Wednesday could render a significant number of widebody aircraft unusable, "could potentially strand tens of thousands of Americans overseas" and cause "chaos" for U.S. flights.
Some of what I've read says that this "C-Band" has been in use overseas for awhile and hasn't caused chaos. This may just be propaganda from the telecommunication companies.
On a report on 60 Minutes I think, they said European airports have double the distance of exclusion zones around airports than what they are setting up in the US. It seems the main issue was interference with landing electronics.
Typical, should have just done what Europe did, but we have to give concessions to industry.
"Again, a well thought out and well organized implementation of services by American companies," he said, the sarcasm dripping like acid from his lips.
Someone most likely predicted this. I have 5G T-MOBILE, and honestly, I was fine with 4G, but had to upgrade when I needed a new phone.