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5GHz performance is vastly better in urban areas. There are 26 networks visible from my apartment (in a small 2-story apartment building), and the 2.4GHz WiFi s
by wyager 10y ago
5GHz performance is vastly better in urban areas. There are 26 networks visible from my apartment (in a small 2-story apartment building), and the 2.4GHz WiFi spectrum effectively has only 3 channels (due to substantial overlap, only channels 1, 6, and 11 are normally used). So you're sharing a lot of bandwidth with your neighbors. 5GHz has much better spacing (so less interference) and more total bandwidth.
- snovv_crash 10y ago5GHz also attenuates significantly through walls, so even if your neighbour is on the same channel you won't be getting as much interference.