Re:Retirement of Amazon MOBI eBook file format
by fastball on Thursday August 11, 2022 @02:24AM
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What in the world do you need 5GHz wifi for on an e-reader?
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Re:Retirement of Amazon MOBI eBook file format
by Kelm on Thursday August 11, 2022 @03:00AM
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Wouldn't it be more convenient to only need one wifi network without 2 frequencies? Especially in dense urban areas where "wifi pollution" is high and it can be difficult to find an unused 2.4GHz channel
Re:Retirement of Amazon MOBI eBook file format
by qwerty456127 on Thursday August 11, 2022 @04:25AM
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I usually disable 2.4 Ghz WiFi on the routers I set up because 2.4 Ghz WiFi is just a needless radio spectrum pollution nowadays (unless you need to connect retro devices). I initially decided to phase it out in hope of improving BlueTooth (wireless earphones) stability.
Re:Retirement of Amazon MOBI eBook file format
by fastball on Thursday August 11, 2022 @05:04AM
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2.4Ghz covers more area.
Re:Retirement of Amazon MOBI eBook file format
by goosedragons on Thursday August 11, 2022 @07:40AM
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Yeah, and because of that it quickly becomes useless in an apartment building surrounded by a few hundred 2.4GHz access points.
Re:Retirement of Amazon MOBI eBook file format
by qwerty456127 on Friday August 12, 2022 @04:19AM
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I hope one day people will start integrating grounded shielding into apartments walls so in every separate apartment there would only be local wifi signal and nothing else. As a bonus that would probably save us from computers extinction once the Carrington Event (powerful solar EMP) repeats.
Re:Retirement of Amazon MOBI eBook file format
by adgjlsfhk1 on Thursday August 11, 2022 @03:20AM
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As I said, it's slightly annoying, not a deal-breaker. It required me to change my wifi setup to be dual band (I'm in an apartment so lots of congestion on 2.4 ghz, and I don't need the extra range).