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Re:802.eleventy what? Why Wi-Fi kind of sucks by smallnamespace on Friday May 26, 2017 @05:51PM (#14427474)
Unknown unknowns. Does the average consumer even understand that contention is an issue?

All the average person sees is the number of bars in their wifi connection UI, which AFAIK doesn't take contention into account, only signal strength.

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Re:802.eleventy what? Why Wi-Fi kind of sucks by BenjiWiebe on Friday May 26, 2017 @09:10PM (#14428373)
WiFi bars should be color coded for contention. Green = rf is all mine, Red = get neighbors to turn down transmit power.
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