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Wi-Fi Speed Tests: So F*ucking What!

Chris Lyttle of WiFi Kiwi’s Blog comments:

I was reading my twitter feed on the way home tonight and it was abuzz about a new Miercom report that Cisco had paid for that showed their new Aironet 3702i AP vs. an Aruba Networks AP-225. Miercom is well known by most WLAN pros that I know in that they generally give you paid results, pay enough and you product will look wonderful vs. the competition! Once I got off the train and into my car, one of my favorite Metallica tracks began blasting. ‘So f*cking what! … Well who cares, who cares what you do…’ I began thinking about this report and AP speed tests in general and that I really didn’t care about them. The song really was just what I felt about this and the previous Miercom report that Aruba themselves had commissioned.

The sad truth of the world is that reports reflect the wishes of the commissioner. Always read them with a grain of salt.

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