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#2.4 G VS 5G ANDROID#
As an example, in my own home, whilst I and my wife might be sporting a late model Android or iOS-based phone or tablet and using the much higher speed 5GHz network, allowing us to stream high-definition movies and the like to these devices wherever we are in the home, the hand-me-down factor to our plethora of children means that we have phones and devices which only two or three years ago were 2.4GHz based devices only. However, then let’s think about the average consumer and their individual needs.
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Whilst this not a completely accurate statement, it certainly gets you thinking in the right frame of mind.Īs such, it’s a good question as to whether Wi-Fi vendors should be phasing out support for 2.4GHz completely, and focusing only on 5GHz, given that’s where the real increase in speeds are coming from. Obviously, the 5GHz band is more than twice the frequency of the 2.4GHz band, and therefore it lends itself that more than double the power is required to go the same distance. Previously I spoke at length about the next-generation Wi-Fi standard, 802.11ax, which was showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January.Ī lot of the resulting feedback was based around whether the venerable 2.4GHz Wi-Fi band, which has been in use for well over a decade now, staring off with 802.11b, continuing into 802.11g, a, and n, is finally on the way out to pasture given the far higher bandwidth possibilities that 802.11ac, let alone 802.11ax can provide, utilising the 5GHz bands.įirstly though, a recap from last month, in particular the fact whereby the higher the frequency the shorter the distance the signal can travel, without exponentially increasing the power required. Why our home devices need this ubiquitous Wi-Fi frequency