Wi-Fi Alliance introduces Wi-Fi 6
802.11ax is 802.11n&#x27;s true successor and I hope it will be adopted quickly by everyone. 802.11ac for the 5GHz band was a faux successor, in my opinion, as you couldn&#x27;t use it in the same scenarios. It came with some higher performance, but with major compromises in reach for a typical home.<p>Wi-Fi 6&#x2F;802.11ax should last for a while, so I hope the Wi-Fi Alliance starts focusing on an actual long-range standard that&#x27;s more of a competitor to LTE but that works in the unlicensed spectrum and for distances of 1km or longer. Then it needs to incentivize smartphone makers or smartphone modem makers to adopt it so that everyone will have it.<p>This would remove the biggest obstacle towards having a real meshnet.