Channel bounding has drastically increased the bandwidth of a BSS (Basic Service Set). With 128 Data subcarriers, transmissions can carry far more coded bits per burst. The issue is that this bounded channel increases the number of channels with noise on them. This means more overlap can occur between WLANs operating within the spectra. As a result of this, channel bounding is not advised in the 2.4 GHz because it will make non overlapping channels no longer independent due to the signal spilling into overlapping channels.