▲ 279 ▼ What does the 6 mean? (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by favrion@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 67 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] bob_wiley@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 3 years ago WiFi in its current form will never be better than ethernet for backhaul applications as it is half-duplex. The benefits of the new spectrum are wider bands which makes the real-world speeds closer to the published speeds. Congested frequencies mean the bands must be more narrow, which lowers real-world bandwidth. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 3 years ago WiFi in its current form will never be better than ethernet for backhaul applications as it is half-duplex. The benefits of the new spectrum are wider bands which makes the real-world speeds closer to the published speeds. Congested frequencies mean the bands must be more narrow, which lowers real-world bandwidth. permalink fedilink source parent