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Re:Reasons to turn down the transmit power of your Wi-Fi (2017) by ragebol on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @08:44AM (#19624032)
Probably also giver you higher probability to have line-of-sight, especially in a crowd. Less walking bags of absorbent human bags of water in the way.
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Re:Reasons to turn down the transmit power of your Wi-Fi (2017) by aivisol on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @08:48AM (#19624059)
Exacty, that is why we have cell towers, not streetside cabinets. Both indoors and outdoors people and other obstacles try to clutter around ground/floor level more.
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