BBC Holds First Broadcast Over 5G, Hits Data Cap Almost Instantly

5G is set to become the new standards in mobile internet. The theoretical speeds of 5G are impressive, which in turn opens up the door to many more possibilities. Now, broadcasting live over mobile internet such as LTE is definitely possible, as we have seen in the abundance of live streaming apps.

However, 5G could change that by offering up much faster and smoother streams, although it could come at a cost as the BBC might have found out. The broadcasting company recently held its first broadcast over 5G to show what the technology could do. However, it seems that the stream ran into some technical issues when it was discovered that it did not take long for them to hit the data cap on the SIM card that they were using.

This is because due to the faster speeds of 5G that broadcasters can now stream in higher quality than before. The actual footage is actually rather impressive in terms of quality, but at the same time, higher quality also means higher data consumption. As Gizmodo points out, this could be a problem in the future.

This is because we imagine that users will want to start streaming higher quality content in 4K if 5G can support it, which in turn results in more data being consumed. That being said, hopefully carriers are aware of this and are working at creating data plans that will be able to provide more data to consumers.

Tyler Lee
Categories: General
Tags: 5G