[NNagain] What is the difference between "broadband" and "Internet"?

[Livingood, Jason]

On 11/6/23, 13:48, "Nnagain on behalf of Dave Taht via Nnagain" <nnagain-bounces at lists.bufferbloat.net <mailto:nnagain-bounces at lists.bufferbloat.net> on behalf of nnagain at lists.bufferbloat.net 

> https://www.lightreading.com/5g/the-telecom-industry-looks-rotten-to-the-core "The telecom industry looks rotten to the core"

The author says "telecom" but more narrowly seems to define it as 5G equipment vendors and maybe also MNOs. Putting aside the hyperbole of the title, it seems to me there's a normal technology transition happening. The tech stack in mobile is a little behind-the-times IMO - most MNOs seem to still rely on vertically integrated single-vendor solutions. OpenRAN seems like one approach to try to disaggregate the various functional components of a 5G network. As that happens, MNOs may take on more of a software integration role from the traditional vendors and eventually even software dev in some areas, with a shift of labor need from the legacy vendors to others. But that is just my guess - I only observe 5G networks from afar.  

JL