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Pre-802.11n Offers 4x the Speed

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-now-thats-something-isn't-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Belkin said on Monday that they'll be releasing a wireless network card and router that uses pre-802.11n multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology created by Airgo Networks. Belkin said the new pre-n products will provide four times faster speed and coverage area than 802.11b and g products. The new products will also be compatible with older products and in fact will increase performance on those older products."

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  1. Great by myz24 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just upgraded to g!

    1. Re:Great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      how the *$#% can the first post be redundant?

  2. Maybe It Means Something by shadowcabbit · · Score: 5, Funny

    OK, so we have 802.11b, 802.11n, and 802.11g. Is there an 802.11o? Because that would be interesting, seeing a wireless router advertise itself as being "802.11b/o/n/g Compatible!"

    Oh, and I would have titled this "First Pot", but that would just be low-class.

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    1. Re:Maybe It Means Something by GuidoZ · · Score: 4, Funny

      There really should be an 802.11o, seeing as once 802.11i comes out, we can finally finish 802.11bingo!

      And move on to 802.11yahtzee

    2. Re:Maybe It Means Something by MarsDefenseMinister · · Score: 3, Funny

      Nah, this makes it easier to talk to your bong even when you aren't high.

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    3. Re:Maybe It Means Something by MoOsEb0y · · Score: 1, Funny

      or if you added 802.11i to the mix you could have
      802.11/b/i/n/g/o

  3. Contradiction? by balaam's+ass · · Score: 2, Funny

    The article contains this statement:
    "True MIMO is one of the underlying technologies being considered for 802.11n, a standard in the works for the next generation of Wi-Fi technology. " ...and then it has this quote from Greg Raleigh:
    "The immediate performance benefits realized with True MIMO, especially over expanded coverage areas, are why this technology has been chosen to power the upcoming 802.11n high-performance wireless standard. "

    Has "True MIMO" already "been chosen" to power 802.11n, or is merely "being considered"?

  4. Math? by RAMMS+EIN · · Score: 3, Funny

    4 times faster than b and g? How do they do that, given that g is 5 times faster than b? Hopefully they don't reduce the speeds of them all to 0...

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  5. Wow! by dhoonlee · · Score: 5, Funny

    How many pringles cans does this come with?

  6. Re:Multiple signals? by hawkbug · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't know about the amount of interferance, but I'm sure the amount of cancer being caused by these things will increase expontentially ;)

  7. question... by WormholeFiend · · Score: 2, Funny

    what are they going to do when they run out of letters after 802.11z?

    1. Re:question... by JudgeFurious · · Score: 2, Funny

      "802.11z Jaguar"
      "802.11z Panther"
      "802.11z Tiger"
      "802.11z ....."

      Until there are no more cool cat names. After that they're pretty well buggered.

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  8. Re:Multiple signals? by darth_MALL · · Score: 1, Funny

    I have a metal plate in my head. Every time I use the microwave, I piss my pants and forget my name.

  9. 4x the coverage = 1/2 the wardriving! by Jtheletter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Woohoo! Finally, now I don't have to sit in my car in front of my neighbor's house, I can just leech their connexon from my living room!

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  10. Re:Multiple signals? by NanoGator · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I have a metal plate in my head. Every time I use the microwave, I piss my pants and forget my name."

    I sing folk songs.

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  11. 4x what? by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 2, Funny

    "4x the speed" of what? 802.11b's 11Mbps? b+ 22Mbps? a/a+ 55/110Mbps? An unladen african swallow?

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  12. C'mon people, where is that joke? by MonkeyCookie · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was absolutely certain when I clicked on the comments link that I would immediately see a joke involving downloading 4x the porn over someone else's wireless connection.

    I didn't know what else I'd find in the comments, but knowing Slashdot, that joke should have been an absolute certainty.

    How disappointing