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It’s not every day that a test produces data that reverses a widely accepted belief: Effective throughput on wireless mesh networks is supposed to taper off to little more than 7 Mbit/s when traffic is backhauled over four or more nodes. In Iometrix’s first-ever series of independent IEEE 802.11 mesh tests, Strix Systems showed that its outdoor hardened OWS 2400 nodes spiked with multiple radios raise that bar fivefold to a steady 35 Mbit/s over multiple hops
One of the most demanding consumer groups is the Echo Boomers, the under-25 set. This group has been living an all-tech life since day one and spend an estimated $150 billion every year on everything from broadband access to entertainment applications to next-gen wireless connectivity. But how do you fulfil these media-hungry broadband demands by domestic customers?