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Re:Google Fiber by suyash on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @08:25PM (#4293752)
exactly and also understand that the 802.11g standard for wireless networking supports a maximum bandwidth of 54 Megabits per second (Mbps) so unless you're wired, you can't really see the difference.
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Re:Google Fiber by simoncion on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @08:56PM (#4293854)
2-antenna 802.11n is very likely to saturate a 100mbit link. 4-antenna 802.11n will saturate a 100mbit link. (Remember, insist on 5ghz gear!)
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Re:Google Fiber by jrockway on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @08:55PM (#4293850)
802.11g is quite old, however. The current version of 802.11, 802.11n, supports rates up to 450Mbps. My laptop with a 2x2 antenna configuration (and pricey access point) does pretty close to the theoretical 300Mbps.

Incidentally, once you have a fiber optic connection between two points, you can do a lot better than 1Gbps.

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