[cbg0]

> 6GHz barely makes it through a concrete wall, so you're only receiving your own AP, so you have the whole bandwith mostly to yourself.

I agree with this and the fact that 6GHz should still be available for wifi, but this whole bandwidth frenzy over wifi has always seemed like a meme for anyone except power users. A 4K netflix stream caps out around 15mbps, so >95% of typical home users will be just fine using 2.4/5GHz inside their own homes.

[crote]

You've got to take into account that those bandwidth figures exist on paper only - nobody is getting 5Gbps out of their wifi.

In practice it is all about degraded performance. If you're sitting in another room than the AP, close to your neighbour, do you want to be left with 50Mbps remaining out of the original 5000Mbps, or 2Mbps remaining out of the original 200Mpbs?

[maxsilver]

> A 4K netflix stream caps out around 15mbps

Yeah, but that's just because Netflix streams are ridiculiously over compressed -- they use extremely low quality encodes. It's technically a "4K" stream, sure, but at a bitrate only realistically capable of 1080p.

An actual 4K stream (one capable of expected resolution at 4K) is around 30 to 40mbps.

[0x457]

Back in the day, it was better to upscale netflix's 720p to 1080p than to stream 1080p.

[kergonath]

The problem is not bandwidth. The problem is inconsistent performance and latency spikes caused by interferences.

[kingstnap]

This ~10 to 20 Mbps is enough nonsense is like claiming that 24 fps is enough to play games.

I mean sure, its usable, but its not good. You can notice the differences in buffering / scrubbing speed well into the 100+ mbps range.

Plus being able to download and upload files quickly. Particularly from something like a home NAS, is important. 15 mbps is like using a shitty USB 2 stick for everything!

[matt-p]

But your home NAS should be on ethernet? Who would buy a NAS and then not wire it in??

The point here is that only devices like a TV, mobile, tablet or laptop should be on WiFi and it's pretty hard to notice the difference between say 50Mbps and 500Mbps on any of those except maybe if you are moving files around on your laptop.

[Gigachad]

The average normie now is downloading 100GB Call of Duty updates over wifi. 5Ghz is ok but most of it is unusable due to DFS.