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by Snuupy 1099 days ago
Yes. 6 GHz spectrum has 7 channels that are 160 MHz wide.

Contrast that to the 5 GHz spectrum which only has 2 channels that are 80 MHz wide (excluding DFS). DFS is not an option in many places, and even the US only gets 1 channel that is 160 MHz wide (also DFS).

5 GHz spectrum is almost always congested and gets half the spectrum width.

See: https://www.duckware.com/tech/wifi-in-the-us.html#wifi6e