guys guys guys did you know that microwaves interfere with WiFi
how the fUCK Is this possible?? why did no one think of this??
oh my god this is known
I weep for our world’s technological standards
This was not a coincidence, of course.
Basically, microwaves operate at 2.45 GHz because that’s the most efficient wavelength for heating food. A small band from about 2.4 - 2.5 GHz was carved out and set aside for “idk, microwaves and shit,” and ended up being just about the only convenient spectrum left available for unlicensed devices to operate on by the time WiFi was invented.
TL;DR WiFi has an obnoxious noisy roommate because all the fancy licensed transmitters got the quiet rooms first.
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