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What makes you think it won't be the other way around -- say, a "5G" network that's an order of magnitude faster than LTE, and available anywhere.

And at that point, what if people then stop buying wired Internet lines and wireless routers (because they all get the same bits, anyway), and instead use the cell network that already surrounds them.

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But at what point is the significant increase in speed returning only a marginal increase in customer satisfaction? If the experience is the same in terms of usable speed, then it will come down to what is cheaper and easier (which will probably be whichever is more open).

LTE already keeps up with the (admittedly a bit slow, 10Mb/s) average cable line around here; the prohibitive cost (~$5-10/GB) is all that keeps it from competing with landline connections. Drop the cost to be closer, LTE-Advanced will be more than enough.

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