2.4GHz WiFi cluttering
Am I alone in bewailing the current preponderance of WiFi with everything?
I don't have a problem with using it - though there are certainly cases where wires would make more sense - but I do have an issue with the simple quantity of the damn things.
My home computers - typical UK semi-detached house - can see no fewer than fifteen access points, and up to twenty-five on a good day - all on 2.4GHz. Only one of them is mine... This isn't usually a problem in the wee small hours, but of an evening there's so much contention it's unusable to an access point ten feet away. 5GHz is the only workable option for those devices which can handle it (yes, I'm looking at you, Nexus 7).
Can we perhaps start a campaign to persuade people that 5GHz is cool? Or even turning down the power of 2.4GHz transmissions? A service which doesn't transmit significantly through the walls of a house is a significant benefit to your neighbours.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
