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5G Infrastructure – Why Fiber?

May 24, 2019

I have often said that the goal of any wireless network is to get the wireless signal onto a fiber as quickly as possible. Think about it. This axiom has gone unchallenged until recent developments in alternate technologies (a.k.a., microwave) for 5G transport technologies. Why? Fiber has a clear technology advantage over the microwave. The customer experience on wireless versus fiber is unchallenged. So finally, it comes down to the age-old argument that fiber is too expensive to deploy. Let’s explore that one.

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