How Far Does 5G Radiation Travel

Generally speaking, 5G radiation waves would start fading out at around 8.5 ft. from their point of origin. Thus the towers are placed every 30 ft. or so to catch the diminishing signal and amplify it for the next few feet.

We’ve truly come a long way in terms of technological advancements. Today everything in the world is aided by tech and more and more resources are being made available online for everyone from businesses to the common folk.

This boom in tech has empowered everyone and perhaps the biggest example of them all is the ubiquitous acceptance of the internet.

Today, the internet is almost an inalienable right that we enjoy. Yet people only five decades back couldn’t even imagine such a thing. We do everything on the internet today – from studying to business to streaming movies.

We’ve had internet for about twenty years now but have you ever wondered why this adoption of the internet has grown exponentially over the last few years?

The answer to that lies in the groundbreaking technical advancements made in the field of radiophysics which informs how we deliver the internet.

I remember a time when the internet was 256 Kbps and people were losing their minds over it.

Contrast that to today’s average internet speed of 21.1 Mbps. Yet if you were to ask a kid from this generation, he would scoff at those stats at best.

Our biggest achievement perhaps was with 3G when we figured out how to deliver high-speed internet to a large population without compromising on bandwidth.

Soon 4G followed which bettered the stats of 3G and now we are at the precipice of 5G internet.

5G is all the rage right now. Everyone is talking about it. It is indeed a very exciting innovation – 5G promises to better 4G’s speed and bandwidth limits but 100x – but more importantly it has some medical concerns in terms of radiation that has a lot of people talking.

In this article, we will take a look at 5G, why it is needed right now and how far does this 5G radiation travel.

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How far does 5G radiation travel?

5G radiation cannot travel long distances. This is because of its high energy. Because of the high frequency, the waveforms die down pretty quickly and thus cannot harm us if we are several feet away.

This is a major problem with 5G that even telecom operators have been desperately trying to find a graceful solution for.

That’s because if 5G cannot travel far enough, wireless communication won’t be possible.

This is why you see a lot of microcellular towers popping up everywhere now. They are essentially signal amplifiers, meaning that they amplify the 5G signal and relay it forward so that it can travel far without compromising on bandwidth.

Generally speaking, 5G radiation waves would start fading out at around 8.5 ft. from their point of origin. Thus the towers are placed every 30 ft. or so to catch the diminishing signal and amplify it for the next few feet.

The entire 5G network is based on this relay infrastructure which enables it to deliver such high-speed high capacity internet without losing out on strength of the connection.

The innovation of 5G

5G is an acronym for the fifth generation. The telecom operators use specific radio frequency spectrums to enable us to communicate and transfer data. It started with 1G, which was basically analog voice communication, and then progressed onto 2G all the way to 4G LTE which we currently have.

However, with more and more people getting connected to the internet every day and with the massive increase in our appetite for data consumption and the sheer number of new devices getting connected to the internet, we will be unable to fulfill the data transfer needs at the current state.

To counter this, we introduce 5G, the next generation of telecom wavelength, to facilitate this surge of new traffic.

5G is designed to use millimeter waves in the 30-300 GHz frequency which are revolutionary and never been used in the past. These waves have significantly shorter wavelengths and are way more dangerous than the ones generated by 4G LTE.

These shorter wavelengths also do not have the capability to travel far owing to their properties.

They are also notorious for not being able to travel well through different objects. What that means for a technological implementation standpoint is that 5G will need several hundreds of towers to compensate for this shortcoming.

Therefore, it is not unlikely that the telecom companies will place these towers anywhere they can and as close by as is possible.

That means that not only will you have to look at these miniature telephone towers all around you but also that you will be exposed to a whole lot more EMF radiation, courtesy the towers.

Let’s examine the bottom line here, we’ll get high-speed internet that is almost 10-20 times faster than what we have today but we’ll also be exposed to very high-frequency short-wavelength EMF radiation that is being emitted from closer proximity thus increasing the health risks significantly.

The difference between 4G and 5G

To put it simply, the 5G network is faster, smarter, and more efficient than its 4G counterpart.

The data transfer speeds it promises are so insane that it far surpasses all home broadband connection speeds that are available for service today. With data speeds up to 100 Gigs per second, it is almost a hundred times faster than the present-day 4G.

Speed notwithstanding, low latency is also a key differentiator in these two networks. In common terms, latency can be understood as the time it takes for the device to send information and then something to happen based on that information.

This means we will see more and more integration of AI and ML into our tech which will use this low latency feature to respond almost in real-time to its surroundings. This also means that you will be able to use the internet way faster and downloads and uploads would only take seconds to complete.

Getting on the 5G network will also mean that you would be able to stream content off the internet in 4K resolution almost immediately without any buffering.

5G will also play a pivotal role in fixing our bandwidth problems. Right now, there are too many phones connected to too many spectrums that don’t have adequate resources to support them ably.

5G will not only be able to handle them efficiently but also easily accommodate tech of the future like driverless cars and smart home systems. 

However, it must be noted that at this point, these are all theories, and governments and companies will have to make sizable investments were they to actually make them work.

Security with 5G is also a major concern. With such low latency, we will see many of the human-centric jobs going to machines running over 5G networks.

As such, the security of those machines will become supercritical since if a hacker gains access to the network, they can pretty much control the machines.

Thus, governments and the concerned agencies must make sure that critical security measures and counterbalances are in place before it is actually implemented on a large scale.

The risk of radiation

All electronic gadgets give out radiation. But it is considerably more in communication devices. That is because communication devices will generate RF radiation to enable the wireless transfer of data.

This high energy RF radiation can be really harmful to our health. Preliminary studies have shown that radiation can cause serious health issues and is a concern that we can no longer afford to ignore.

If things were not bad enough, the new 5G radiation is hypothesized to cause even more damage to our health than its predecessor 4G. That is because 5G uses RF radiation that is more powerful and has very high energy.

These powerful rays can easily penetrate our skin and bones and end up causing serious health issues in us.

The high energy beams would come in direct contact with our cells and increase thermal activity thus making our immune system vulnerable. This will make us more prone to contracting chronic diseases.

5G will have short term ramifications as well. People regularly suffer from short term radiation effects of 4G and 5G will further exacerbate the problem. Anyone who uses their phone regularly for long periods of time or works on the computer all day long will tell you just how extensive the effects of radiation are.

From headaches to loss of attention to the loss of appetite, these are some of the most common complaints that they have.

5G with its high energy waves can be thus quite detrimental to us and our overall wellbeing. Thankfully, because of such high energy, the 5G radiation waveforms can’t travel very long. Therefore if we can figure out how to maintain adequate separation, we wouldn’t have so much to worry about.

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Related questions

1. Can radiation cause the coronavirus?

No. There is no factual basis for this claim. The news that radiation causes Covid-19 is fake.

This theory was first published and popularized by the American news media outlet InfoWars by its founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. However, studies indicate no such connection.

That being said, radiation is still harmful to you and can cause a lot of needless health issues for you and your loved ones.

It is, therefore, best to take precautions beforehand and read up as much as you can on the subject. If you are interested, we have a trove of articles on this website about radiation and how it affects us that I think you will find incredibly helpful.