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by digler999 3392 days ago
> Man, do I dislike marketing speak

Did you see the article on HN last weekend about Wifi routers? "I have a 1.3gbps wireless ac router...but only at the PHY layer, but only in an RF test lab, but only if the client is MU-MIMO enabled, but only if they talk on all 4 channels, but only if the signal connects at 100%, but only if your data is 10:1 compressible, but only if you have one client, " even after like 5 "but only if"'s , there was still this unexplained 20% discrepancy between the advertised "speed" and what the device was physically capable of. I'd love to hear their lawyer explain how thats not false advertising.

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Don't worry, they actually wrote "up to 1.3gbps" on the box. You just haven't read it closely enough.