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These are spaced about every 300 meters next to the trail in Memorial Park in Houston, TX, but they aren't only along the trail. They are throughout the park. Does anyone have an idea what they might be? Thanks!

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[–] redbr64@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

5G cellular is high bandwidth but very short range, so yeah they need that kind of density to maintain coverage. They installed them in a street near me and they're placed every couple of blocks. It's useful to think of the usual WiFi router at home: you can set up 2.4g and 5g access points. The 5g ones are faster, but have shorter range and you need to use the 2.4g one if you're far from the router

[–] Flummoxed@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Gotcha. Thank you for the explanation. Not sure why we need such coverage in the park, but I'm sure it's great for someone!