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Wi-Fi 8 will bring reliability rather than greater speed (www.theregister.com)

submitted 19 hours ago by Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social to c/hardware@lemmy.world

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[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 17 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Anybody know how it might effect power consumption? I know routers are dirt cheap to run, like $1 a month, but I'm sure it will have a measurable impact at the scale of a large nation.

[–] ngdev@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

($1 * country population) / (average price/kwh)

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 2 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

There are a lot less than 1 router per person. I hope.

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 hours ago

Counting offices/public spaces with several repeaters, and then people with some repeaters at home, it might be close though

[–] ngdev@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

then adjust the population to be population / avg household size of the country. can multiply that by the rate of households with internet too

then you have to contend with all the non residential routers as well. could very well be 1 router per person or close