> 5GHz effectively has 3ish channels, and 6GHz adds another 3-7 to that. It would be useful if vendors shipped with 40Mhz channels by default. A 1x1 40Mhz usi

> 5GHz effectively has 3ish channels, and 6GHz adds another 3-7 to that. It would be useful if vendors shipped with 40Mhz channels by default. A 1x1 40Mhz using 802.11ax will give you a max PHY of 287Mbps: * https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005725/wireless/legacy-intel-wireless-products.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000... * https://superuser.com/questions/1619079/what-is-the-maximum-connection-speed-and-channel-width-on-each-2-4-ghz-and-5-ghz https://superuser.com/questions/1619079/what-is-the-maximum-... Even if you half that, that's (IMHO) probably sufficient for the vast majority of online activities. And if you have a 2x2 client you double it anyway.