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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Simplified version: you can either have *faster* speeds or a *farther* connection. You sacrifice one for the other.

As you’ve noticed yourself, with cellular you get much farther distance but at the cost of speed.

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