Apartment living to get worse in 5 years as 6 GHz Wi-Fi nears ‘exhaustion’

Cable Labs predicts two percent packet loss and 10ms latency in some buildings unless more spectrum freed Rapid growth in Wi-Fi use means the 6 GHZ band’s carrying capacity may soon be exhausted, according to CableLabs, the nonprofit networking think tank run by cable television operators.…

May 22, 2025 - 11:00
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Apartment living to get worse in 5 years as 6 GHz Wi-Fi nears ‘exhaustion’

Cable Labs predicts two percent packet loss and 10ms latency in some buildings unless more spectrum freed

Rapid growth in Wi-Fi use means the 6 GHZ band’s carrying capacity may soon be exhausted, according to CableLabs, the nonprofit networking think tank run by cable television operators.…