How is WiFi 6/6e/7 better for me if I have only a 500MB internet plan?

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A 2 part statement/question: I see these fancy new routers offering wifi 6,6e and 7 that support 10GB of speed per port ect… I don’t get how my 500mbs internet plan will be 50% faster (according to google) with a new router. Also I am unaware of any ISP providing 10GB of internet for standard consumers.

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The speed is useful between devices within your home, not necessarily to and from the internet.

If you don’t have a file server in your home you probably won’t see any meaningful benefit at all.

The other major purpose of some of the more recent WiFi standards is lower latency, which is useful for things like broadcasting VR from a PC to a headset. In that case you want updates of relatively small amounts of data (individual frames) to reach the headset as quickly as possible, so the visuals are as smooth as possible.

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