On: Wi-Fi Alliance introduces low power, long range Wi...

[tomkinstinch]

It looks like this runs in the 900MHz ISM (US) band, so we'll all need new hardware. The longer range is nice. Interference from other 900MHz transmitters (cordless house phones, baby monitors, etc.) may not be.

It seems everything old[1] is new again.

1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WaveLAN

[voltagex_ → tomkinstinch]

I wonder if this will get any traction outside of the US - there are lots of places where 433MHz is the ISM band.

[voltagex_ → tomkinstinch]

I'd hope no one's phone is running in 900MHz - what does DECT use in North America?

[Someone1234 → voltagex_]

1.9 GHz

[samstave → tomkinstinch]

So signal drops every time you use the microwave... No thanks.

[mizzao → samstave]

I thought microwaves (oven) mostly interfere with the 2.4 GHz band. That's why games of Starcraft always lag out when one of the players starts cooking a hot pocket. That's why it's preferable to use 5 GHz 802.11n or 802.11ac, unless you have walls that block the higher frequencies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave#Heating_and_power_ap...

[samstave → mizzao]

Duh, you'd be correct. I had a brain-fart