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Re:Wi-Fi 6 is designed to reduce congestion from devices by techrat on Thursday February 25, 2021 @07:59PM (#26270379)
> In an ultra packed City like HK, I could detect at least a dozen AP at any given time.

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.

Re:Wi-Fi 6 is designed to reduce congestion from devices by cookiengineer on Thursday February 25, 2021 @10:42PM (#26271151)
> 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 (#26271365)
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 (#26271242)
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 (#26271406)
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 (#26270510)
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 (#26270587)
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 (#26271366)
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 (#26271916)
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 (#26273509)
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.)
Re:Wi-Fi 6 is designed to reduce congestion from devices by jghn on Thursday February 25, 2021 @09:12PM (#26270753)
I see 24 APs other than my own just sitting here on my couch in a locale less dense than HK. So yes, agreed