Originally Posted By: DWallach
A quick warning: 5GHz signals have more bandwidth but less range. You may need *more* base stations to get coverage.


That seems to be the consensus among the replies so far. Crap.

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My current plan, for what it's worth, is to wait for 802.11ac to stabilize and then look at doing a major home network upgrade once laptops and phones start supporting it.


I just this year reconfigured the routers to 802.11g only because until then I had some old equipment that still connected occasionally. Waiting until a) 802.11ac gear becomes affordable (I paid about $40 each for my WRT54g routers), and b) enough of the equipment in my house supports it to be able to really take advantage of it seems like it might take a while. I'm actively trying to purge old technology, but that still seems like a few years away for me.
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