But it is the 5th Gen wi-fi, isn`t it? a, b, g, n, ac. Not to be confused with 5G cellular.
Pretty sure it's going to be very confused with cellular.
But it is the 5th Gen wi-fi, isn`t it? a, b, g, n, ac. Not to be confused with 5G cellular.
Am I the only one who doesn't recall ever seeing any type of WiFi branded with a "#G" label? Feels like they are trying to copy the marketing of cellular technology generations. (And making it sound really good by calling it 5G when cell phones are merely at 4G.)
Sadly you are right.
Considering no one has the bandwidth to take advantage of 802.11n routers, I doubt AC is all that significant right now.
What good is a fast WiFi protocol when bandwidth is the bottleneck?
The best I can get piped to my house is 105 Mbps. My several year old 802.11n Airport is capable of 3x that speed.
Got any other ideas, Broadcom?
Pretty sure it's going to be very confused with cellular.
Considering no one has the bandwidth to take advantage of 802.11n routers, I doubt AC is all that significant right now.
What good is a fast WiFi protocol when bandwidth is the bottleneck?
The best I can get piped to my house is 105 Mbps. My several year old 802.11n Airport is capable of 3x that speed.
Got any other ideas, Broadcom?
Pretty sure it's going to be very confused with cellular.
Yeah, I think AC is considered to be the 5th Generation update of wifi, which is confusing. I don't think phone makers will advertise their products as 5G, because that would just be silly.
Considering no one has the bandwidth to take advantage of 802.11n routers, I doubt AC is all that significant right now.
What good is a fast WiFi protocol when bandwidth is the bottleneck?
The best I can get piped to my house is 105 Mbps. My several year old 802.11n Airport is capable of 3x that speed.
Got any other ideas, Broadcom?
Uhh, I don't think you fully understand. Your ISP connection isn't the only use for faster wifi. Data transfers in your own home network will benefit from faster wifi performance such as sending a movie file from one pc to the next. Now you can transfer data faster from your mobile devices on supported networks with this new chip.
So yes, this is a welcomed improvement by Broadcom.
Considering no one has the bandwidth to take advantage of 802.11n routers, I doubt AC is all that significant right now.
What good is a fast WiFi protocol when bandwidth is the bottleneck?
The best I can get piped to my house is 105 Mbps. My several year old 802.11n Airport is capable of 3x that speed.
Got any other ideas, Broadcom?
We'll see this in an iPhone in about 6 years.
Peer-to-peer stuff. Airdrop, syncing to iTunes via Wifi, AirPlay.
Considering no one has the bandwidth to take advantage of 802.11n routers, I doubt AC is all that significant right now.
What good is a fast WiFi protocol when bandwidth is the bottleneck?
The best I can get piped to my house is 105 Mbps. My several year old 802.11n Airport is capable of 3x that speed.
Got any other ideas, Broadcom?
Peer-to-peer stuff. Airdrop, syncing to iTunes via Wifi, AirPlay.
Not all of one's data transferring has to be to/from the Internet. The increased bandwidth could be noticeable for transfers between other devices on your local network.
Wireless AC is good not only because of its bandwidth. It also supports beamforming, which means it can focus the signal to a device far away rather than emitting the signal in all directions. This makes room for more efficient communication and better bandwidth at longer distances.
Considering no one has the bandwidth to take advantage of 802.11n routers, I doubt AC is all that significant right now.
What good is a fast WiFi protocol when bandwidth is the bottleneck?
The best I can get piped to my house is 105 Mbps. My several year old 802.11n Airport is capable of 3x that speed.
Got any other ideas, Broadcom?
It would be nice to see the AirPort TimeCapsule act as a local iCloud node. Allow phones and other devices to quick offload to the nodes then have the node or nodes co-ordinate with the server.
That sure would make use of speed and save bandwidth.
The "G" in 5G doesn't refer to generation, it refers to GHz. It has become synonymous with .ac but that isn't exactly what it means. Case and point, I'm using an original rMBP which doesn't have a .ac chip to connect to my Netgear router on its 5G band. It broadcasts a normal and a 5G band so that I can choose which to join and still connect on my older, 2.4GHz only devices.
Am I the only one who doesn't recall ever seeing any type of WiFi branded with a "#G" label? Feels like they are trying to copy the marketing of cellular technology generations. (And making it sound really good by calling it 5G when cell phones are merely at 4G.)
This blood is on your hands, Broadcom.
No, it's the sixth revision. 'a' is the second. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11#Protocol
Wireless AC is good not only because of its bandwidth. It also supports beamforming, which means it can focus the signal to a device far away rather than emitting the signal in all directions. This makes room for more efficient communication and better bandwidth at longer distances.