The move from the previous 4G LTE generation of mobile connectivity to the current 5G era will be marred by a transitional period that is likely to be shorter than the move from 3G to 4G. Pandemics aside, it took just a few months for Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint to roll out nascent 5G networks and call it a revolution.Somewhat paradoxically, 5G needs cable. Lots and lots of fiber optic cable that needs to be laid in the ground by good old-fashioned ditch-digging. Short of the national highway system and the railroad tycoon era, 5G may turn out to be one of America's ...