After locals complain of poor signal, California cops raid home to find 5G jammer device

It was my understanding that 5G uses millimeter-wave range, around 25 GHz and up, while most wi-fi uses 4-6GHz. Those are pretty far apart in the grand scheme of things.

Today I read that 5G sometimes shares some LTE bands below 6GHz in rural areas. The area in question isn’t what I’d call rural, but it’s also not “big city”-density. So who knows which bands are really at play? I also suppose it’s possible the reports may be confusing “cell phones” with 5G and data-over-cellular with “wifi”.

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