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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For the same reason you can sit in the shade at the park and still be able to read a book by sunlight but if you were trying to read in a cave with a lantern you would need it right next to you rather than around the nearest corner.
One of those sources is MASSIVELY more powerful despite being quite a bit further away
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