http://gigaom.com/2011/09/29/check-out-the-future-of-wi-fi-gigabit-speeds/ Wed, 22 May 2013 09:47:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2011/09/29/check-out-the-future-of-wi-fi-gigabit-speeds/#comment-660363 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:59:03 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=412495#comment-660363 When you are streaming between devices in the home you would like higher speeds. Not all home network traffic is going in/out of your home through the ISP pipe. What happens when you have one person streaming hd iOS5 to appleTV and another streaming hd movie from computer to xbox360 and another streaming from laptop to another tv and then 2-3 people surfing the web on a 20mbps ISP connection?

]]> http://gigaom.com/2011/09/29/check-out-the-future-of-wi-fi-gigabit-speeds/#comment-660243 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:33:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=412495#comment-660243 I was amazed at how poor the technology is in the US. Living in Canada, we have some really high speeds for internet capabilities, as well as the functionality for gigabit wireless. We have 250 mbps UNLIMITED download speeds, currently available and we JUST switched to an all digital signal, countrywide, as of September 1st. The same iPhone4 and iPad were easily 4-5x slower on a US 3G network than on a similar 3G network in Canada. I’ve never understood why US providers don’t want to compete with the rest of the world. But, I guess, most people in the US won’t complain about something they don’t know about.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2011/09/29/check-out-the-future-of-wi-fi-gigabit-speeds/#comment-660104 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:00:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=412495#comment-660104 What about 802.22? I would love to see what side of that debate these guys are on. Whitespace is a far better bet than Wifi at this point, and I hope our elected morons do not screw it up. No line of sight issues. 60 mile range. What is not to love?

]]> http://gigaom.com/2011/09/29/check-out-the-future-of-wi-fi-gigabit-speeds/#comment-660101 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 02:48:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=412495#comment-660101 I would love to get his take on White Space. It is not gigabit speeds, but the signal penetration blows Wifi out of the air.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2011/09/29/check-out-the-future-of-wi-fi-gigabit-speeds/#comment-660036 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:18:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=412495#comment-660036 We discuss that a bit in the video, but in other areas of the world gigabit speeds are already here. And I’m hopeful that in a few years the U.S. will have them as well.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2011/09/29/check-out-the-future-of-wi-fi-gigabit-speeds/#comment-659979 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:17:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=412495#comment-659979 what is the point of gigabit speed wireless in the home. The bottleneck is the link to service provider at about 8megabit

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