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  • WiFi is getting crowded: Should the FCC reserve more spectrum for it?

    WiFi is getting crowded: Should the FCC reserve more spectrum for it?

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    Keaton Boyle

    All WiFi signals travel over frequency ranges in the wireless spectrum, and those ranges are getting increasingly crowded as people use more internet-enabled devices and require more data usage. These frequency ranges, called “bands,” can only handle so much traffic at one time, and it is the responsibility of the…