Re:Wi-Fi 6 is designed to reduce congestion from devices
by cookiengineer on Thursday February 25, 2021 @10:42PM
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> A dozen in a city like HK seems quite low.
...which is the actual effect in a high interference scenario. The more interference you have, the less interpretable data you get.
Re:Wi-Fi 6 is designed to reduce congestion from devices
by taneq on Thursday February 25, 2021 @11:28PM
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Also you don't know how many people turned off their WiFi and just ran Ethernet cables everywhere after struggling to get usable connection speeds.
Re:Wi-Fi 6 is designed to reduce congestion from devices
by spacehunt on Thursday February 25, 2021 @11:03PM
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I'm also in HK. Keep in mind that there are solid walls and floorings between my home and other apartments and buildings.
I can count 67 APs right now.
Re:Wi-Fi 6 is designed to reduce congestion from devices
by ksec on Thursday February 25, 2021 @11:38PM
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Well I didn't double count all the 2.4/5Ghz Variant. But even so, 67 is.... insane.
And Oh Wow. I am checking out T1 now. :)
Re:Wi-Fi 6 is designed to reduce congestion from devices
by lathiat on Thursday February 25, 2021 @08:21PM
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Japan in 2007 on a fairly high floor the list went off the end of my mac's screen. And my bluetooth mouse did not function.
2007.
Re:Wi-Fi 6 is designed to reduce congestion from devices
by robscallsign on Thursday February 25, 2021 @08:38PM
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Your comment resonates with me. From our rural house in Ontario there are no other APs visible. None, but our own. I've even started disabling encryption just because I can. But we struggle to get even basic internet connectivity. Interesting that on both ends of the spectrum there are issues.
Re:Wi-Fi 6 is designed to reduce congestion from devices
by TrainedMonkey on Thursday February 25, 2021 @11:28PM
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Starlink is not available in your area?
Re:Wi-Fi 6 is designed to reduce congestion from devices
by katbyte on Friday February 26, 2021 @01:32AM
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starlink only just went publicly available - its going to take a while to filter out to people who it could benefit.
Re:Wi-Fi 6 is designed to reduce congestion from devices
by pomian on Friday February 26, 2021 @05:57AM
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Just got a Starlink invitation. But it has very expensive monthly rates, that are more than twice the rate of standard isp's. In rural areas.
$136 in Canada. Plus a lot of hardware. (625$)
It is very cool, though. Haven't decided. At this time - Only worth it as a tech geek out, experiment.
(Unless it gets better and cheaper.)
On a rooftop in Philadelphia, just standing in one spot and turning 360 degrees in a circle with my laptop, I was able to detect over 50 Wifi APs... (Good 'ol Netstumbler.)
This was in 2003.
A dozen in a city like HK seems quite low.