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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Cell phone towers are large massive towers that are built to provide cellular signal to large areas of the city. They have miles in range and use a lot of power.
Your wifi router plugs into the wall and is made to NOT be so powerful as to extend into other buildings and cause interference with other wifi routers. Their range is 200-300 feet when there is no walls between the router and the device using it.
So by design they have different ranges because by design they serve different purposes.
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