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It's nice to have files transfer fast. A lot of people have gbit or faster internet, and 6e makes actually seeing those download speeds a real world possibility
by jauntywundrkind 1y ago
It's nice to have files transfer fast. A lot of people have gbit or faster internet, and 6e makes actually seeing those download speeds a real world possibility, which might not feel necessary but sure is nice to have when you laptop is downloading a 120GB game!!
But the real utility is that more spectrum means less congestion. At a school or stadium it's not about trying to get 4x4x2 multi-band MIMO and 1024qam pumping 2GBps to a device. It's about having sufficient spectrum so that lots and lots of devices can operate at once without frequent collisions.
For many people in cities, wifi 6E has been a godsend, has made wifi usable. It's unbelievably forsaken to imagine giving up a sizable chunk of this spectrum to a bunch of cellular carriers (or other good parts of the spectrum!). As usual, this feels like another vile act do the worst possible things to the public. The one time (!!!! Auctions are insane rent seeking!!) pocket change the FCC collects for this spectrum is irrelevant, this is another act of pure malice. Sell off the land, sell off the airwaves. Hive of villainy.
- sidewndr46 1y agoWifi 6E is only usable now because the band is under-utilized. Once hardware proliferates it will be just as unusable as the existing bands. It's the same thing with the existing DFS bands - I've never found any equipment in my area that will utilize it and stay on it. So when I switch my access point to it, it's great. Until it auto switches back to avoid interference. If there was actually equipment that was able to stay on it I think it'd be equally useless.