Netgear announces world's first 802.11ac Wi-Fi router

Netgear today announced the release of what it claims is the world's first router to utilize Broadcom's "5G Wi-Fi" 802.11ac chips, which are supposedly capable of delivering speeds over 1Gbit/s...

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thats cool. My current router is sorta throttling my download speeds :/

I'd appreciate the better range. I don't have any need to push files at Gigabit speed between my home computers. (yet) We do very little file sharing as it is.

This does not makes sense! Firstly, AC operates STRICTLY on the 5.0GHx range. Secondly: the 5.0GHz band has a shorter range so I struggle to understand how they quoting an increase by 40%. Are they simply more powerful antennae? If that si the case than attributing that to the chip is pretty piss-poor.


All of this comes straight from the TechSpot article on the new wireless standard...

I am surprised that Netgear didn't decided to have 3.0 USB ports for its new hub, I think that might prove a bad move on their part if there trying to provide a future proof hub.
Another feature I would love to have seen on it, would have been extra Giganet ports

hey does anyone know where we can preorder the R6300