Technology to support 5G is coming to Baltimore over the next few years, bringing theoretical speeds as fast as a gig per second to the region’s wireless networks. Such speeds—equivalent to what you can experience today with a direct fiber connection—are theoretical because the phones to support them don’t exist yet.
The antennas to support 5G do exist, though, and they’re beginning to pop up around Maryland, said Marc Blakeman, president of AT&T Mid-Atlantic. Known as “small cells,” these new devices squeeze antennas and low-power radio equipment into a package roughly the size of a pizza box. They’ll be installed on light poles and attached to the sides of buildings every few blocks, and will connect users on the ground to the larger cell towers that currently carry the 4G network.
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