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Study: One third of all enterprises deploying pre-802.11n
A new study from BT North America found that nearly one third of all enterprises are deploying 802.11n WiFi technology, despite the fact that the standard isn't ratified yet. The consulting firm, which surveyed 226 U.S. organizations about their wireless installations, said the rate of adoption of 802.11n technology was unprecedented and indicated that the benefits of 802.11n were an urgent need for a significant number of enterprise sites. The BT consultants said they see customers most often adopting the draft 11n infrastructure in brand-new construction, where it's matched with a high-capacity wired infrastructure.
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Posted by Joanie | August 28, 2008 - 1:47pm
It would be interesting to see the mix of enterprises that participated in the questionnaire. I suspect a good portion of them were universities and healthcare organizations, where early deployments have taken off ahead of standards. I'm involved in some current research that has produced similar results to the BT NA study, but with some caveats: 2/3 of our respondents say they won't deploy 11n ahead of standards. 1/3 say they will, but 20% of those say they will do so in pilots only or in small pockets of their organizations; not enterprisewide. Only 10% said they need the bandwidth now and will widely deploy pre-N products, though they also specified that the product must be Wi-Fi certified. So be careful to look a bit under the covers with some of the research.
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