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

Re:FCC planning to open up 1200 MHz of spectrum for unlicens... by etaioinshrdlu on Thursday April 02, 2020 @12:20AM (#22756158)
The practical impact to my knowledge is very high bit rate communications (many gigabits?) at short distances and indoors.
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Re:FCC planning to open up 1200 MHz of spectrum for unlicens... by ksec on Thursday April 02, 2020 @02:06AM (#22756630)
On a 2x2 160Mhz capable devices you are looking at 2.4Gbps, that in real world should be closer to 1.6Gbps.

So not really many gigabits, but good enough for most of us.

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Re:FCC planning to open up 1200 MHz of spectrum for unlicens... by tradertef on Thursday April 02, 2020 @12:03PM (#22760464)
Also helps with congestion in dense places like apartment complexes, stadiums etc.
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