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> 5GHz effectively has 3ish channels, and 6GHz adds another 3-7 to that.

It would be useful if vendors shipped with 40Mhz channels by default.

A 1x1 40Mhz using 802.11ax will give you a max PHY of 287Mbps:

* https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000...

* https://superuser.com/questions/1619079/what-is-the-maximum-...

Even if you half that, that's (IMHO) probably sufficient for the vast majority of online activities. And if you have a 2x2 client you double it anyway.



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