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Spectrum is weird. Technically WiFi is also spectrum and it supports every household in SF with way more than 30 MB/s each. So it’s really just a matter of how
by yazaddaruvala 5y ago
Spectrum is weird. Technically WiFi is also spectrum and it supports every household in SF with way more than 30 MB/s each.
So it’s really just a matter of how many antennas and how “far” (including walls) can the frequency travel.
- AniseAbyss 5y agoThe reason why mobile internet in rural areas is bad is because carriers are too cheap to put cell towers every few kilometres.
- jimmaswell 5y agoThey should really be forced to in the same vein as how telephone companies are forced to run service anywhere.
- gotaquestion 5y agoBroadband should be declared an essential service, like power and water.
- gotaquestion 5y agoOh that's a great example. The 2.4 GHz IMS band used by Wi-Fi literally serves hundreds of millions, but only have a radius of about a house. I heard 5G cells have smaller diameters, so that makes way more sense. Thanks!