Comment by sgt

Comment by sgt 10 months ago

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Won't tapping on the glass disrupt the signal, or simply wind or heavy rain against it disrupt it as well?

zonkerdonker 10 months ago

It would if this was actually mm-wave 5g. The article says this antenna only functions in the sub 5ghz range, which makes a lot of sense.

Most modern windows use an aluminuzed coating for UV reflection (usually called low-e glass), which surprise surprise, is absolutely great at attenuating mm-wave frequencies, making windows pretty much the worst possible place on a building to place an antenna.

But, turns out most people also dont need gigabit wifi for their phones and other devices, so true mm-wave 5g seems to mostly be reserved for wireless home internet at the moment.