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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes and no. It's both electromagnetic waves but the frequencies are very very far apart. So far, the techniques we use to emit and receive them are fundamentally different. Their propagation and transmission characteristics are also very different. Also, the data transmission rate (in theory) only depends on the bandwidth of the transmission channel, not the absolute frequency. But there's more "room" for large bands at higher frequencies, of course.