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7Gbps Wi-Fi Networking Kit Could Launch In 2010

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yeah-sure-right-uh-huh dept.

Mark.JUK writes "Wireless Local Area Networking (WLAN 802.11) adapters capable of speeds 'up to' 7Gigabits per second could be in stores by the end of this year. The Wireless Gigabit Alliance (WiGig), which seeks to advance the worldwide adoption and use of 60GHz wireless networking technology, has published a unified specification for its approach and opened an Adopter Program. The move means that WiGig members can now begin developing a Wi-Fi kit that uses the unlicensed 60GHz spectrum."

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  1. Oh crap! by Dishwasha · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd better prepare the tin foil to head off my 60Ghz allergy.

  2. I'll wait by NEDHead · · Score: 1, Funny

    For my ansible

  3. You can't see 7Mbps yet... by MacGyver2210 · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...but you CAN see this.

    WAAAOOOW!

    Oh myyyyyy......

    /george takei

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    If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can't be taken on its own merits
  4. Re:The keyword: by somersault · · Score: 2, Funny

    I know some will say that this is contrary to free market rules, the company owning a new technology should rush it out the doors. But the big players might often be involved in some kind of collusion not always known to the general public.

    OH! I know this one! It's that most insidious of taboos, a practice only endorsed by the greediest and biggest fish in the pond. I think it's called "testing" or "improving reliability" or something.

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    which is totally what she said
  5. Re:Speed=Good, but How About Distance? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yeah, and getting the darn sharks to hold still...