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Re:Homes need to be built for better internet by bluGill on Friday December 08, 2023 @01:01PM (#38572019)
Are you sure? My B+G access points still work with modern equipment - they are slow, but they work (I need to get them to a recycler as I don't use them). Newer standards are diminishing returns - older equipment is likely to be good enough far into the future just because it is unlikely anything will really need faster.
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Re:Homes need to be built for better internet by OJFord on Friday December 08, 2023 @02:17PM (#38572946)
GP said 'outdated', not non-functional. Your 802.11b/g APs are outdated, like you say 'they are slow' - i.e. you've become accustomed to newer faster models.
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Re:Homes need to be built for better internet by bluGill on Friday December 08, 2023 @03:13PM (#38573647)
True, but I'm not convinced that modern network gear will become outdated. It is fast enough in general so it is hard to think of why everyone should rush to wifi-next anymore.
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Re:Homes need to be built for better internet by OJFord on Monday December 11, 2023 @06:08AM (#38599513)
Time will tell!

So far in networks in general we've increased the size of data we're interested in moving at roughly the same rate as we've increased the throughput available. It's repeatedly been 'fast enough', and then not.

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