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Commercial ovens, medical diathermy, and a few shenanigans from GE are why 2.4 is open. [1] I don't believe it is correct to say 5G was added due to interferen

Commercial ovens, medical diathermy, and a few shenanigans from GE are why 2.4 is open. [1] I don't believe it is correct to say 5G was added due to interference, the development time ines suggest it was more for throughput. 1: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/why-2-4ghz-chasing-wireless-history https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/why-2-4ghz-chasing-wirele...

kevin_thibedeau 6y ago
5GHz wireless phones were deployed to deal with a crowded 2.4GHz band flooded by baby monitors and other BW hogs. This was all before wifi became ubiquitous. Funny enough the rare digital spread spectrum 900MHz phones that came out just before the higher frequencies took over were great because of limited use by that time plus minimal interference from walls and analog phones.