[MLB-WIRELESS] 802.11g transfer rate controversy meaningless, says Apple

[Chris Samuel]

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http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/05/23/80211g/

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Recent published reports that the final standard for 802.11g will be throttled 
down to 20Mbit/sec aren't an indication of any actual change to the spec, 
according to Apple's Vice President of Software, Mike Bell.

Bell said the spec has not been throttled back at all, and explains using the 
familiar 802.11b specification. 

"802.11g is still a 54Mbit/sec standard," Bell told MacCentral. "802.11b is 
11Mbit/sec, but your actual throughput is somewhere between 4 and 
5-1/2Mbit/sec. The number that's quoted is the data rate that's used between 
the radios (raw data rate, which includes the protocols etc.)"

Although internal tests have shown slightly higher data rates, the actual data 
rate for 802.11g will be approximately 20Mbit/sec, which is 4 to 5 times 
higher than 802.11b. Bell said the data rate has always been around 
20Mbit/sec and hasn't changed in the final draft standard.
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