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New WiFi Standards, Double the Data?

Posted by simoniker on from the tin-can-and-piece-of-string dept.

morkeleb writes "According to the New York Times (free reg. req.), just when you thought it was safe to stock your home or office the 802.11x way, another possibility springs up. From Stanford and Bell Labs comes an approach using MIMO, which 'relies on taking advantage of huge amounts of computing power to send numbers of signals from closely spaced antennas', thereby enhancing range and throughput. Looks like Intel and Nokia are interested in the technology, as well as a number of highroller venture capitalist groups."

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  1. Woo! by Dark+Lord+Seth · · Score: 5, Funny

    More standards! Now it makes even less sense to me and my good old cat5 cable which persistently fail to provide me with 100mbit/sec speed!

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    1. Re:Woo! by sharkey · · Score: 2, Funny
      my good old cat5 cable which persistently fail to provide me with 100mbit/sec speed!

      Man, that sucks. Hell, my old 9600 baud modem can beat the tar out of 100 millibits per second.

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  2. aww damn by riotstarter · · Score: 2, Funny

    I just bought a wireless g router. I always get screwed. Like when they came out with the Metro after I just bought a Pinto.

  3. But what of the venture communists? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...as well as a number of highroller venture capitalist groups..."

    But what of the venture communists? Equal time, that is what I say. Venture capitalism is man exploiting man, and communism is the same but reversed.

  4. Closely spaced antennas by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 4, Funny

    MIMO, which 'relies on taking advantage of huge amounts of computing power to send numbers of signals from closely spaced antennas'

    If they're close enough, you can run an ethernet cable between the two, that's even cheaper.

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  5. MIMO: Multiple In, Multiple Out by burgburgburg · · Score: 3, Funny

    This has to be the single dirtiest-sounding technology I've come across yet. I like it!

  6. dammit dammit dammit by hankaholic · · Score: 4, Funny
    just when you thought it was safe to stock your home or office the 802.11x way, another possibility springs up
    ... and I just dropped $80 on an access point/100Mb router. Had I seen this article, I _definitely_ would have waited for something which Bell Labs is working on in their spare time.

    Last time this happened, I'd just installed BSD when Bell Labs announced their work on Plan 9. Boy, was I left in the dust on that one!
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  7. Do you... by Creepy+Crawler · · Score: 3, Funny

    Do you know what's soo great about standards?

    There's SOOOO many to choose from !

    (POOO! TANG!) Thank you thank you. I'll be here all night.

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