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Originally Posted by roger skillin
Do you have one single device that currently could use 802.11ac ?.
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Yes.
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Originally Posted by pip08456
So what animal laid the egg then???????????  |
A pre-chicken.
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Originally Posted by roger skillin
Purchase a router that supports 802.11ac then, simples
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Why buy something you could get for free.
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Originally Posted by Jong1
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Apart from network testing (which I do do a lot of) I fail to see the need for 50Mbps+ in a phone.
Occasionally I'll want to transfer lots of music to it over my LAN but then my wireless is already faster than my memory card
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
IMO, 200 meg needs increase to 1024QAM on same infrastructure or it needs 16 channels on enhanced infrastructure at 256QAM. 1024QAM raises the noise flor by 3 dB; is the network good enough for this given the way it is segmented?
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According to Ignition, 400 meg doesn't necessarily need any more than 8 channels of 256 QAM on a well run network.
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Originally Posted by Kushan
Well that document that was revealed a while ago stated that the best way to roll out 3.1 would be to start with the modems, then upgrade the network when ready. SH2 is relatively new so I don't expect a new one any time soon, certainly not before Wireless-AC is fully ratified. Should have plenty of time to get some 3.1 stuff in there, I hope.
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Have you ever seen VM follow such a path? Dunno about long in the past but they certainly never released DOCSIS 3 modems before rolling out a DOCSIS 3 network and service.
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Originally Posted by Kushan
To be fair, I'm not sure I see the point of ac on a phone. I've yet to see a phone capable of hitting N300 speeds, let alone N450.
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That's because phones are not built to support N300 or N450. Similarly I'm yet to see a laptop capable of N600 but that doesn't mean AC won't be faster.
Most phones only support N150 because MIMO increases costs and power consumption. AC can increase speeds to the equivalent of N450 without needing to triple the number of wireless radio paths.
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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
there isnt really, its the same as there is no point of DPI on smartphones that exceed 200. But they keep bumping it up so people think cool and buy.
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I disagree on the DPI point, I can quite clearly see (and get annoyed by) pixelation on 300 PPI screens, and that equates to 600 DPI on the pentile matrix. I had to go to 900 DPI before reaching the point where I could no longer see or benefit from "bumping it up"
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Originally Posted by chrispuk2004
SGS4 with 802.11AC does 120Mbps here so I would say it is worth it.
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It does that with 802.11n too. AC should be doing double that.
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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
and what do you need 120mbit speeds for on a smartphone  |
Copying an MP3 album over while running for the bus. Yes, my wireless does cover the local park and 4 nearest bus stops.
Though that's less important now I can get up to 100Mbit speeds anywhere I can get to by bus...
But really, it is more likely to benefit laptops than anything else, but then laptops are also the easiest to upgrade to 802.11ac. It'll probably cost less than £30 in a year or so.