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A comment on FCC planning to open up 1200 MHz of spectrum for unlicensed / Wi-Fi usage [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:FCC planning to open up 1200 MHz of spectrum for unlicens... by Rebelgecko on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @10:46PM (#22755802)
If you've tried using 2.8ghz WiFi in a crowded apartment building, you'd already know why: tragedy of the commons.
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Re:FCC planning to open up 1200 MHz of spectrum for unlicens... by Dylan16807 on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @11:40PM (#22756011)
To an extent, but that entire band is only 75MHz wide. There are only 2-4 proper channels, and it has twice the range of 5-6GHz, which puts you in competition with an order of magnitude more hot spots.
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Re:FCC planning to open up 1200 MHz of spectrum for unlicens... by bobbiechen on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @11:00PM (#22755867)
The microwave at my house would reliably murder my wi-fi connection whenever you turned it on, which was great fun while playing real-time multiplayer games.
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Re:FCC planning to open up 1200 MHz of spectrum for unlicens... by m463 on Thursday April 02, 2020 @12:55AM (#22756319)
I think a microwave oven only hits part of the 2.4 ghz wifi spectrum and if you can lock what channel you're on you can avoid it.
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Re:FCC planning to open up 1200 MHz of spectrum for unlicens... by ansible on Thursday April 02, 2020 @01:51AM (#22756558)
That only works if the microwave oven in question stays within a very narrow band. Some of them don't.
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