Without a doubt, but I assumed it's unavoidable. Such is the nature of unlicensed spectrum. More wireless devices means more congestion, which means anybody for whom it's important that their systems work well will put them in the best available band until eventually it is saturated too. The only solution I can conceive of is to make enough unlicensed spectrum available that everything can coexist in an mutually acceptable manner. We don't have that with 5GHz. Add 60 GHz to the mix, with lots of high-capacity channels and poor propagation, and we probably get some breathing room, but even then I don't know how long it will last.
-----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Hector J Rios Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 8:45 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] LTE can mooch off of Wi-Fi spectrum with new Qualcomm chipset | PCWorld All I can say is that if we continue down this path, the 5GHz band will eventually turn into the mess that the 2.4GHz band is today. There might be more channels available in the 5GHz band, but there is a colossal parade of devices that are on their way to invade it, and it's not going to be pretty. Now, off to find fight rogues. Hector Rios Louisiana State University -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Trent Hurt Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 7:15 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] LTE can mooch off of Wi-Fi spectrum with new Qualcomm chipset | PCWorld http://www.pcworld.com/article/2889792/lte-can-mooch-off-of-wifi-spectrum- with-new-qualcomm-chipset.html ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
