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Edge Computing in the Network, or Network deployed at the Edge datacentre?

Warning: totally speculative “what-if” post….

Almost everyone assumes that MEC-type edge-computing will be *inside* 5G or converged fixed-mobile infrastructure. The idea is that telcos will host servers deep in their networks, for low-latency 5G NR radio, coupled to micro-datacentres a millisecond or so from a cell tower, or perhaps at a local fixed line exchange / central office.

Many telcos and their vendors seem to think this could allow the industry to create quasi-AWS distributed #cloud services. I’ve written and spoken about the landscape of edge computing several times (see blog here and podcast here).

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