Gi-Fi Set To Smoke Wi-Fi

Is 11MBps Wi-Fi or even 54Mbps Wireless-G too slow for you? A faster format is in the works.

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Is 11MBps Wi-Fi or even 54Mbps Wireless-G too slow for you? Various industry partners are developing a new wireless format called Gi-Fi that will use the 56+GHz band to deliver speeds faster than 2Gbps! The FCC recently opened that band, and groups are working on a standard that will provide security and quality of service (QoS) for high-speed wireless connections. The technology aims to go beyond mere mobile-device use and replace the traditional wires in desktop machines. Now if we could only speed up the Internet, we'd be in great shape

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Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is senior technical analyst for Windows IT Pro. He writes the SuperSite for Windows, a weekly editorial for Windows IT Pro UPDATE, and a daily Windows news and information newsletter called WinInfo Daily UPDATE.

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