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Senate GOP budget bill has little-noticed provision that could hurt your Wi-Fi (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 47 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It's a bad band for cellular. It's short-range and shit at penetration.

It's really not even that good for wifi unless you're close or have a mesh network with APs all over the building.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    mesh network

    Or traditional network with Ethernet backhaul and lots of access points. I really wish mesh networks would die off honestly.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Sometimes re-wiring a house or building isn't as practical as setting up a mesh network that's good-enough.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Mesh should be an option of last resort. It reduces the speed and increases the latency quite a bit. The only thing worse is power line networking, which has the side effect of turning your whole house into an RF jammer.

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