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Re:The Terrifying Potential of 5G by crooked-v on Saturday April 27, 2019 @04:17AM (#19764478)
> I prefer 5Ghz because it seems to transfer less heat to my tissues

A single 60W incandescent bulb (which has about 10% efficiency for its lighting) transfers more heat to your tissues than a stack of 10 home routers.

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Re:The Terrifying Potential of 5G by lighteater on Saturday April 27, 2019 @06:35AM (#19764864)
That's a wide-band transmission with a regular 50hz signal, instead of a narrow-band 2.4/5Ghz modulated by chaotic 10/100/1000Mhz (Mb/s) data.

Like the difference between a lightbulb and a tissue-penetrating laser strobe.

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Re:The Terrifying Potential of 5G by mveety on Sunday April 28, 2019 @02:47AM (#19769746)
No it isn’t. The antenna is basically just a flashing light bulb for 5 GHz. 5 GHz transfers way less energy into your body than visible or infrared light because it’s not absorbed as readily and each photon has less energy. It’s like the difference between a blue lightbulb and a red lightbulb.
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