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FCC Paving the Way to "Wifi on Steroids"

3 pointsby indiejadeover 14 years ago

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teiloover 14 years ago
I can see problems with this. First of all, if this is a product generally available to consumers, then with massively increased distance comes the problem of massively compounded saturation. We already have this problem with the current generation of Wifi. In a dense neighborhood, you cannot find any clear channels, and since adjacent channels interfere with one another, transmission speed can degrade extensively.<p>Now imagine if a WiFi signal could easily travel several miles. Yes, in the TV whitespace you have much more bandwidth available, but you simultaneously have many more base-stations sharing the same channel. The better the range, the worse the potential for extensive interference, and a degradation in transmission speed.