Their secret for workplace Zen: Landlines and ethernet cords

Re:Their secret for workplace Zen: Landlines and ethernet cords by worthless-trash on Thursday March 31, 2022 @10:47PM (#30874706)

Other places where it is useless is when your neighbours move in bringing dodgy out-of-spec 5g and 2.4ghz wireless trash like baby monitors or "Security cams" that smash the entire spectrum.

I've had another neighbour buy a wireless landline from China that was because "sometimes the phone would crackle, and i hated that" meanwhile it would bring every 5ghz wifi network to its knees when she was taking a phone call.

So, there are other cases, maybe this is a bit more prevalent in countries closer to those with lax spectrum laws.

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Re:Their secret for workplace Zen: Landlines and ethernet cords by mise_en_place on Friday April 01, 2022 @03:27AM (#30875965)

Problem with unlicensed spectrum is that it becomes tragedy of the commons. Much like SF, anyone is free to loiter and shit on the street, shoot up heroin, other kinds of degeneracy and whatnot.

The licensed frequency bands, in contrast, are congestion free and more polite let’s say. I’d be willing to pay a monthly fee for use of one of those frequency bands. But good luck getting permission from the FCC to do that.

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Re:Their secret for workplace Zen: Landlines and ethernet cords by michaelt on Friday April 01, 2022 @07:01AM (#30876955)

You say tragedy of the commons, but IMHO the unlicensed spectrum is by far the most economically productive spectrum allocation ever made.

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Re:Their secret for workplace Zen: Landlines and ethernet cords by ThePowerOfFuet on Friday April 01, 2022 @04:38AM (#30876300)

>wireless landline

You mean a cordless phone?

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