That's my view, too - it's not necessarily that the users will be using the full 1 Gb of throughput, but the fact that each person has 2, 3 or more devices connected - time slicing that 1 Gb bandwidth amongst those devices. The users behavior won't change, they will still be doing YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Coursera, etc. - but with the ability to send more data more quickly, won't take as much time to do so. Of course, who knows what the "next Facebook" will be, and how much bandwidth it'll need? (If you absolutely 100% know, I may have a small amount of money to invest... lol)
-----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Julian Y Koh Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 10:56 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] How many drops 802.11ac phase 2 On Feb 9, 2014, at 02:29 , Ian McDonald <i...@st-andrews.ac.uk> wrote: > > Design guides now are indicating an access point in every other room. Where is all this bandwidth meant to go? Isn't this more being driven by supplying a reliable signal/coverage area especially as client device density goes up and even more especially in construction settings where propagation is challenging? -- Julian Y. Koh Acting Associate Director, Telecommunications and Network Services Northwestern University Information Technology (NUIT) 2001 Sheridan Road #G-166 Evanston, IL 60208 847-467-5780 NUIT Web Site: <http://www.it.northwestern.edu/> PGP Public Key:<http://bt.ittns.northwestern.edu/julian/pgppubkey.html> ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. !DSPAM:911,52f7b325320434870685170! ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
