Re: The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture

On Tue, 18 Aug 2026 22:45:09 -0400, c186282 wrote:

>    The 400mhz and 900mhz data bands were pretty good,
>    and a number of devices are still made for them. They'd get through
>    walls and trees and tropical rainstorms - often a mile+ range. Still,
>    alas, yer data SPEED isn't gonna be like modern wi-fi. They're more
>    like 'radio-linked modems'.

I don't know where they're located but I can pick up the outdoor 
temperature and humidity from a couple of devices on 433 MHz. The Accurite 
has both while the other one only has temp. It's a short packet every 15 
seconds so it's not pushing hard. 

They're not as popular as they were but I have some nfr24l01 boards that 
operate on 2.4GHz. Supposedly you can get 2 Mbps but the 250 Kbps is fine 
for me using the printed antenna rather than the external models.