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GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 11-Jan-2021 16:18:13 UTC GeniusMusing @lnxw48a1
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Wi-Fi 6, explained: how fast it really is The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/21/18232026/wi-fi-6-speed-explained-router-wifi-how-does-work
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>How fast is it?
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>The short but incomplete answer: 9.6 Gbps. That’s up from 3.5 Gbps on Wi-Fi 5.
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>The real answer: both of those speeds are theoretical maximums that you’re unlikely to ever reach in real-world Wi-Fi use. And even if you could reach those speeds, it’s not clear that you’d need them. The typical download speed in the US is just 72 Mbps, or less than 1 percent of the theoretical maximum speed.
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The real world numbers are much more dismal, using an internal speed test that I can get Gb speeds on wired connection I can get at most about 300 Mbps on my Wi-Fi5 connection. I am going to guess that the 3.5 Gbps might be total throughput using multiple connections but my AP only had a 1 Gb wired connection anyway.