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What is Wi-Fi 6 and why you're going to want it

I have, let me see, seven Wi-Fi enabled devices currently running in my home office. That includes a tablet, a smartphone, five laptops, and a Roku streaming the last episode of Game of Thrones. That's about par. According to Parks Associates, the average home in 2017 had nine Wi-Fi equipped devices. Offices have far more. That means distributing the internet to so much gear has become a real problem. That's where Wi-Fi 6 comes in. 

From the article "What is Wi-Fi 6 and why you're going to want it" by Steven Vaughan-NIchols.

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