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    15 hours ago

    Even if this was right, which it isn’t, wifi stopped being 2.4Ghz exclusive almost 20 years ago. You have 5Ghz and since 5 year ago or so, 6Ghz, with significantly shorter wavelengths.

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      12 hours ago

      And if I look at the frequency spectrum I see that all my neighbours use 2.4GHz (9 are in channel 8) and I got the entire 5GHz spectrum to myself.

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        10 hours ago

        Channel 8? I thought modern routers automatically select 1 6 and 11. That must be some ancient equipment around.

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          9 hours ago

          Probably because for most people as long as it works it works and there’s no reason to upgrade.

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            9 hours ago

            Sorry, but 9 networks on channel 8 can hardly be described as something “working”. I’d bet you barely get a 1mbps on that, and a crazy jitter and packet loss.