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Senate GOP budget bill has little-noticed provision that could hurt your Wi-Fi


Cruz bill could take 6 GHz spectrum away from Wi-Fi, give it to mobile carriers.

"About half the spectrum in that range is federal, and then the rest has already been auctioned for cellular mobile use or is assigned to other critical users such as aviation and satellites," said Calabrese, who directs the Open Technology Institute's Wireless Future Project. CTIA-The Wireless Association, the major lobby group representing mobile carriers seeking more exclusive licenses, argued that Wi-Fi didn't need the entire band. CTIA also said that Wi-Fi adoption in 6 GHz "is moving very slowly," citing OpenSignal research, and that the Trump administration and FCC should "consider all possible options to address our spectrum shortfall."

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