Frack you, Walmart

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• DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I mean, yeah - fuck Walmart in general.

  But I’m confused. How is Verizon’s misleading map Walmart’s fault.

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  • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Walmart either uses building materials that impede the signal or actively block it. I also can never get full 5G inside a Walmart, and sometimes I wonder if they are doing it on purpose to encourage using their local wifi.

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    • terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’d imagine that’s part of it. But it’s also a big metal building, farady cage and all.

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    • tal@lemmy.today ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Walmarts are big windowless boxes.

      5G Ultra Wideband uses millimeter-wave frequencies, which are fast if they have a clear line to the tower…but don’t penetrate material well.

      www.5gamericas.org/here-comes-millimeter-wave/

      On the challenging side of the equation, millimeter waves don’t propagate as far as low-band or mid-band signals, so there is a much smaller target area used to receive a signal, compared with sub-6 GHz signals. In addition, millimeter wave signals are subject to more diffused scattering when in contact with large objects, and they receive higher signal loss from foliage, object penetration, and from the atmosphere. This means you have to put a lot more millimeter wave signal repeaters around, so you get good mmWave coverage.

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    • Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I get it bad in any large store, mainly because its a very large metal box. Its basically a faraday cage.

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    • Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nope. I know they do that. This was taken in the parking lot. I am starting to suspect there is something on the roof that is disrupting good cell signal.

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• odelik@lemmy.today ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is more likely a coverage issue than Walmart illegally blocking signal according to FCC regulations.

  Report the coverage issue to Verizon and your local Walmart. Both of which will want to increase coverage of where people are gathering. This is because as bad coverage areas in places where people gather causes people to switch services or stop going to those gathering areas if there’s alternatives.

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  • casual_turtle_stew_enjoyer@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    which FCC regulations in particular?

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    • odelik@lemmy.today ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      www.fcc.gov/general/jammer-enforcement#:~:text=Ja…

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  • Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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• frosty@pawb.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Haha. My partner has Verizon, and they have parts of Marlborough where it just completely cuts out. I know that Wal*mart, and it’s just over the city line. AT&T is slightly better.

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• onion@feddit.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Is you 5G connection faster than 4G anyways? In my country you don’t really get above 150Mb/s either way

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  • Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Significantly actually. In fact my home internet is also Verizon 5G, and I usually get about 300 down and 20 up. LTE is unusable at this point in my experience, which is weird to me, because it used to be the hotness.

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