What’s so great about 5G?
Make Me Smart
Marketplace
4.6 • 5.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
AT&T and Verizon rolled out their expanded 5G services today. One listener wonders: What’s 5G anyway, and why do we need it? We’ll explain why it’s been a long time coming. Plus, our fill-in hosts answer more listener questions about wage theft, the Great Resignation and the climate implications of wood stoves versus electric space heaters.
Here’s everything we talked about today:
- “What is C-band 5G? Verizon and AT&T are flipping on the switch in the US” from CNN
- ICYMI: Kai explains the issue with 5G and altimeters
- “Employers steal billions from workers’ paychecks each year: Survey data show millions of workers are paid less than the minimum wage, at significant cost to taxpayers and state economies” from the Economic Policy Institute
- “Fast-Food Workers Describe Harassment, Wage Theft During Pandemic” from Business Insider
- “US Labor Agencies Strike Deal to Share Enforcement Information” from Bloomberg Law
- “More quit jobs than ever, but most turnover is in low-wage work” from New York Times
- “The economy is still in pandemic shock. But some state governments are flush with cash” from The Washington Post
- “Cities Tap Federal Relief Aid to Reward Workers With Bonuses” from Bloomberg
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| 0:41.6 | Can we start early? |
| 0:42.6 | I mean, what? |
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| 0:45.6 | I guess. |
| 0:46.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:47.6 | Exactly. |
| 0:47.6 | We are two fill in hosts. |
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