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Taf · 10-03-2011, 12:01

People relying on home wi-fi are getting significantly slower speeds than from their fixed broadband connection, research suggests.

The study ran one million tests over 14,000 wi-fi connections in the UK, US, Spain and Italy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12688839

I know there are processor overheads for wifi, but 30% seems a lot!

10-03-2011, 12:01	#1
Taf cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kairdiff-by-the-sea Age: 69 Services: TVXL BBXL Superhub 2ac (wired) 1Tb Tivo Posts: 10,228	Home wi-fi '30% slower' than fixed broadband People relying on home wi-fi are getting significantly slower speeds than from their fixed broadband connection, research suggests. The study ran one million tests over 14,000 wi-fi connections in the UK, US, Spain and Italy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12688839 I know there are processor overheads for wifi, but 30% seems a lot!