The more Wi-Fi-enabled consumer electronics we see, the more some people start to worry about just how far we can stretch the unlicensed 2.4 GHz band before we have to give up and go back to cables to connect our home networks.

 

For example, I was recently forwarded a post on Slashdot from someone who pointed out that at this year’s CES event in Vegas, Intel and Connectify announced software than can turn Windows-powered laptops into access points, while Push2TV promises to enable wireless video streams of your PC display to your television.

 

“Isn't this going to kill lower powered 2.4 GHz devices, like Bluetooth mice and headsets? When does the 2.4 GHz band collapse completely? Why can't we push all this short-range, high-bandwidth stuff onto 5 GHz?"

 

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