Eli5:Why is it that cell phones , with their tiny antenaes are able to download files at LTE speeds inside concrete buildings from cell towers kilometers away yet getting wifi to work behind a corner is an exercise in frustration?

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Eli5:Why is it that cell phones , with their tiny antenaes are able to download files at LTE speeds inside concrete buildings from cell towers kilometers away yet getting wifi to work behind a corner is an exercise in frustration?

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You fucking serious? You don’t know how cell phones and wi fi works?. Wifi is a limited signal coming from a small router. Not very powerful. A cell phone works off a giant tower.

How do you not know how the thing you carry in your pocket everyday works?

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