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Samsung's Wi-Fi Upgrades Promise Speeds Up to 4.6Gbps
The Register describes an advance in wireless speed announced by Samsung, which could make possible Wi-Fi speeds of up to 4.6Gbps in any device equipped with the new technology. By using “wide-coverage beam-forming antenna” and “eliminating co-channel interference, regardless of the number of devices using the same network” Samsung says it has cracked the problem and that products using its 802.11 ab standard could go on sale next year. Early products to use the technology will include “audio visual and medical devices, as well as telecommunications equipment.” Samsung also says the technology will be “integral to developments relevant to the Samsung Smart Home and other initiatives related to the Internet of Things.”
It seems that the 60GHz wifi is 802.11ad , not ab (Anno Domini, not Another Bad)
Ever had something streaming over bluetooth and tried to use wifi on a Samsung device?
Ping your phone and watch the packets drop.
Samsungs bluetooth usage basically kills wifi on all their device range, it's a driver problem and something they wont address.
This likely won't be any different. Their wifi setup will be shit unless you turn the bluetooth off (then it all works magically well)
Trying to get this issue through their support to devs is like tying to stick a knob of butter up a porcupines arse with a red hot knitting needle. :'-(