• shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip
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    18 hours ago

    Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe that 5ghz can use higher signal power than 2.4ghz which would diminish this advantage by some, anyway. If I remember correctly, the 2.4 GHZ band is limited to 0.1W while the 5 GHZ band is 1W.

    Edit: With that said, I’m betting that a phone hotspot limits both of them to a very low power in order to keep battery life because blasting out one watt would kill your battery quite quickly.

    • moonshadow@slrpnk.net
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      11 hours ago

      Like the last guy said, all about penetration. Higher frequencies just plain interact with stuff more, it’s why you only hear the bass from outside a concert and why people were worried about 5g giving em cancer. My 5ghz stuff goes to shit when it rains while the 2.4ghz doesn’t even notice. If you’re rural and connecting stuff between buildings/through vegetation 2.4 is still where it’s at, if everyone in apartment buildings switched to 6 they’re interfere with each others stuff less and all have better signal