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At the opening ceremony of China International Information and Communication Exhibition this year, China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom officially released 5G commercial packages. This move means that 5G mobile networks have taken an important step from concept to merchandise.
A lot of people say that the launch of the 5G commercial package has really opened the 5G commercial first year, but for every ordinary person, 5G cannot be independent of the overall network experience, perhaps more accurately – double Gigabit commercial year officially opened.
The so-called dual gigabit refers to both fixed-line broadband and mobile networks reaching gigabit rates. Among them, the speed increase of the mobile network depends on 5G, and the speed increase of the fixed network broadband depends on the optical fiber. In the package announced by the three major operators, a 5G+ Gigabit home broadband convergence package is provided.
When many people are looking at the 5G mobile network experience, let’s take a look at how Gigabit home broadband will change people’s lives.
Gigabit future, requires a dual track system
In addition to the B-side applications such as Internet of Vehicles, Automated Driving, Industrial Internet of Things, etc. As an ordinary person, how will 5G change our lives? I believe the answer is no longer necessary. The low latency and high speed of 5G means that we are about to enter a new entertainment content consumption experience – more HD video, bigger online games, higher quality VR. However, it is worth noting that 5G allows these experiences to “exist”, but to experience “popularity” and “continuation”, I am afraid that mobile and fixed-line dual-track parallelism are still needed.
First of all, the characteristics of the cellular network determine that 5G will generally enter the single device in the early days. We can play large games and watch high-definition video in 5G mobile phones, but for notebooks, desktop computers and TVs in the home scene. It is often said that cellular networks cannot often be applied directly.
More importantly, the coverage capability and construction cost of 5G base stations combined with the natural weak wall penetration capability of 5G signals, I want to let every family enjoy the gigabit rate brought by mobile networks in a short time, I am afraid not An easy task. Not only the place where we live can not be covered by 5G signal, even if the 5G signal is connected, the weakening effect brought by the layer wall will make the network speed not reach the Gigabit effect.
In this way, isn’t it necessary for people to brush their phones outdoors at a gigabit rate every day?
We can imagine such a “experienced fault”: the Beijing subway has become more crowded at one time, because everyone is “smashing the net” in the subway; there are many VR equipment stores in the CBD every day. People come to experience sales but there are very few sales, because returning to home to use 100 megabytes of broadband to play VR will only encounter endless Caton; when sports events come, everyone gathers under the big screen of the city square, so only there can enjoy HD Live broadcast…
This kind of scenario is of course ridiculous, but it is certain that relying on 5G alone will obviously not achieve a true Gigabit experience. This is why operators have launched dual Gigabit packages when 5G commercial discussions are held. In the home scenario, Gigabit broadband can play a better role than 5G. Gigabit broadband can guarantee that every family can enjoy Gigabit network speed, and it is more suitable for computers, TVs and other devices that connect network cables and Wi-Fi signals. In particular, home applications for broadband networks have long matured, and whether they are across walls or floors, a suitable solution can be found to ensure signal stability.
In one sentence, relying on the monorail of the mobile network is not enough to help us move into the future. Dual-track parallelism is the best solution.
Gigabit Broadband: A great experience for your own sofa
Like the 5G, the development of another rail-based fixed-line broadband in the Gigabit network has also accumulated over a long period of time. Since March last year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has accelerated the construction of Gigabit cities to ensure the construction of digital China. Since then, 100 cities across the country have started the Gigabit broadband pilot.
The three major operators have already issued a strategy of gigabit optical width, and fully promote the deployment of Gigabit networks. As of the latest statistics, allIn the country, 43 provincial operators have released Gigabit commercial packages, and 51 provincial operators have released 500M commercial packages. These include China Telecom’s 500M package in 20 provinces, Gigabit packages in 21 provinces, China Mobile 500M in 18 provinces, and commercial Gigabit services in 14 provinces. China Unicom has launched 500M packages in 13 provinces. Commercial Gigabit packages in 8 provinces. In other words, the current Gigabit fixed network is even more accessible than the Gigabit 5G network. With the launch of the 5G commercial package, many families across the country have begun to apply dual Gigabit networks.
The experience of applying a dual Gigabit network starts with two parts.
The first part is the home network environment itself. Different from the 5G network in the terminal application, the broadband rate upgrade can enjoy the Gigabit network speed without replacing the TV, computer and other device terminals. People can watch HD videos on their familiar TVs and play sandbox games on their own computers without worrying about Caton. Of course, there are people’s long-awaited cloud VR applications. Compared with other forms, the strong interactivity of VR content means more complicated computing. If you want to deploy it to the cloud, it will naturally test the transmission speed of the network. Mega Bandwidth provides the environment needed for VR devices. In particular, in order to ensure accurate interaction and high quality picture quality, the VR device with Kinect is still the mainstream. This VR experience is obviously more suitable for the living room entertainment of the family scene. At present, many operators have launched their own Cloud VR platform, which provides entertainment, education, live broadcast and other applications.
The other part is the interaction between the two Gigabit networks. The indoor and outdoor Gigabit network consisting of 5G+ broadband provides a stable and sustainable high-quality network environment. This sustainable network environment can provide a lot of convenience. For example, the live news broadcast can keep uninterrupted high-definition video data uploading from indoors to outdoors; from the home to the corridor, the hands-on mobile game in the hands of the team still keeps low latency; watch half of the high-definition movies on the mobile phone, on the TV You can continue playing. Only dual Gigabit networksIn order to truly realize the seamless experience of high-speed networks.
Not to mention, those developers who are concentrating on their enthusiasm, the rich future they are woven for Gigabit web applications – wearing VR glasses to experience an immersive virtual adventure, or to follow the teacher’s remote guidance to dissect a A virtual animal, a super sandbox game close to Spielberg’s Oasis…
About all this, of course, you should experience it with your family and friends on your own sofa.
Step by step, walk into the rainforest
The biggest worry for ordinary people about Gigabit broadband applications is actually similar to that of 5G commercials, which is to worry about tariffs. However, there is no need to worry about this. Operators have been pushing the reduction of Gigabit broadband tariffs. According to statistics, the monthly price of the Gigabit business package of 19 province operators is less than 300 yuan, and the lowest Gigabit package is only 142 yuan. Especially compared to the mobile network’s per-flow charging, the monthly and annual mode of the Gigabit broadband network can make users feel at ease.
Although in accordance with the previous practice of broadband network tariff development, it can be speculated that operators will further reduce the tariff of Gigabit broadband networks in the future to promote the popularization of high-speed networks, making it a soil for cultivating digital innovation. However, the author still recommends that any family that can afford this one hundred yuan network fee should access the Gigabit broadband network as soon as possible.
The World Bank study shows that for every 10% increase in broadband penetration in a country or region, the country’s gross national product will grow by about 1.38%, and even higher in developing countries. Because of the difference in network speed, it is both information difference. The difference in network speed between Gigabit and 100M is almost the same as the difference in Internet ownership 25 years ago. Especially now, all operators are on the way to the exploration of Gigabit broadband, such as China Telecom has set goals, plans for the next fiveIn the year, it built its own VR content platform Cloud VR into a million-level business. It provides information about education, entertainment, live broadcasts, and more.
At the same time, operators are also exploring the home cloud business, allowing people to share content and data on each terminal with cloud storage and high-speed networks. When we move away from a house, we only need one account that remembers our habits. Copy the same smart life elsewhere. Nowadays, the first to enter the Gigabit Internet world is not to enter a wilderness to be reclaimed, but to enter a tropical rain forest full of vitality.
We can recall how the first people who came into contact with Internet distance education were the first to get more cost-effective knowledge. Or the first batch of people who have settled in the e-commerce platform, how to seize the business opportunities that affect the whole of China. Is it possible for users who enter the Gigabit Internet today to gain knowledge through VR teaching?
The combination of 5G and Gigabit broadband brings a smoother flow of information. At this time, what we are facing is not only a new experience, but also an opportunity to enter a new world. Let this double track take us, as well as our sofas, study and the whole family, and fly together until the future.