[jariel]

There is an argument that it's crossing a magic boudnary to the point wherein it's almost like 'WiFi' as opposed to 'Wireless' in the sense that the bandwidth is there, and there is plenty of it.

If Qualcomm and the Carriers were not stuck in the 1940's with their utterly byzantine business models (remember 10-cents per WAP page on feature phones? They thought there were geniuses and were going to dominate with that Einstein business model) - then - the notion of 'your toaster on 5G' is a very material feasibility.

There is definitely the theoretical possibility for a 'true IoT revolution', but I think that the variety of ways they shoot themselves in the foot will keep any revolution at bay for a while.

Some 'dynamic' carrier in Japan, Korea or wherever could literally do something transformative and the rest wouldn't budge.

It took the creation of the iPhone (innovation + market power) to force a lot of theses parties to shift gears.

Startups, without power, won't be able to budge carriers, they have to be forced.