Wi-Fi 7 adoption in the US quadrupled in a year - is it time to upgrade?

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ZDNET's key takeaways

  • Wi-Fi 7 is finally becoming popular.
  • With that trend, overall internet speeds are picking up.
  • You can now buy Wi-Fi 7 routers for reasonable prices.

I love Wi-Fi 7. It's fast enough to keep up with my AT&T Fiber 2 Gbps internet connection, and when deployed with my Netgear Orbi 970 mesh network, it can cover my 5,000-square-foot home/office even with its thick plaster walls. However, in the two years since Wi-Fi 7's commercial launch, not many people joined me. For all Wi-Fi 7's virtues, Wi-Fi 7 gear was also relatively uncommon and expensive. Now, things are finally changing.

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According to Ookla's latest Speedtest data, Wi-Fi 7 traffic in the US quadrupled year over yearbetween...

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