Impressed with 5GHz wifi

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#268601 27-Mar-2020 20:41

I am impressed my Elitebook laptop does 7mS, 106/21 via wireless on my 100/20 connection.

Call me happy!

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#2448428 27-Mar-2020 21:06

It gets better ;) here is 5ghz on a mobile.

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#2448431 27-Mar-2020 21:07

Yeah I got 400Mbps on 5GHZ wifi between my phone and desktop with my new Fritzbox 7590 the other day.

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#2448432 27-Mar-2020 21:10

Are people in rural areas going to be able to use 5G at home?

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#2448448 27-Mar-2020 21:31

Azzura:

Are people in rural areas going to be able to use 5G at home?

5Ghz wifi is not 5G mobile technology. It’s totally different.

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#2448512 28-Mar-2020 00:48

Handle9:

5Ghz wifi is not 5G mobile technology. It’s totally different.

you be surprised a lot of people get confused about that

they think 5g and 5ghz wifi are the same

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#2448534 28-Mar-2020 08:26

biggal:
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5Ghz wifi is not 5G mobile technology. It’s totally different.

you be surprised a lot of people get confused about that

they think 5g and 5ghz wifi are the& same

Haha. Yeah I had to explain this to my 14yo son literally 2 days ago, that 5G services will actually be in the 3.5GHz frequency band, so it's different from the 5 GHz WiFi. He eventually understood.

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#2448549 28-Mar-2020 09:21

5Ghz wifi is certainly quicker than 2.4Ghz, but the trade off is range.

The wife sometimes uses her tablet in bed and 5Ghz won't work there, so have it set to 2.4Ghz. Not really an issue as she is usually only reading news or a bit of youtube.

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#2448560 28-Mar-2020 09:36

Was pretty impressed with this result too, using a 2degrees Fritzbox 7530 and a 2014 Macbook Pro over WiFi.

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#2448680 28-Mar-2020 11:36

Wow, those results with gigabit connections are SUPER impressive. Didn't think that was possible.