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• Thinking about upgrading to 11n now? Think Twice
  Tuesday 31 January 2006 – 07:23
  The recent love-fest of draft-802.11n chipset announcements by Atheros, Broadcom and Marvell would have you believe that it's a no-brainer that products that will be hitting the shelves this summer will be just a firmware flash away from being turned into full 802.11n products once the standard is released. Just don't count on it that it actually will happen.
• Airgo confirms "draft 11n" products will cripple neighboring 11b/g networks
  Monday 13 March 2006 – 05:02
  Airgo Networks took the occasion of last Friday's vote by the IEEE 802.11n Taskgroup to proceed to the "letter ballot" phase of the standardization process, to go public with the developing standard's little secret.
• D-Link adds draft 11n router with upstream QoS and gigabit LAN
  Thursday 19 October 2006 – 05:27
  D-Link today announced its Xtreme N line of draft 802.11n wireless products including a router that incorporates "intelligent QoS" and gigabit LAN ports.
• Atheros, Broadcom demo 802.11n compatibility
  Thursday 1 June 2006 – 11:50
  Wi-Fi chipmakers Atheros and Broadcom said that they have achieved interoperability with their next-generation 802.11n chipsets.
• USRobotics going slow on draft 11n
  Monday 22 May 2006 – 06:02
  USRobotics today said that it is developing next-generation wireless products. But the company is breaking ranks with its larger consumer networking competitors and taking a more cautious approach to fielding draft 802.11n gear.

• Draft 802.11n Revealed: Part 1 - The Real Story on Throughput vs. Range*
  Thursday 1 June 2006 – 04:53
  Don't read this article if you've already made up your mind to not buy draft 802.11n products. But if you're still optimistic, Tim Higgins offers an unprecedented look at how some draft 11n products don't even beat 11g!
• Belkin N1 Wireless Router: Neighbour-Friendly but Flawed Draft 11n*
  Friday 22 September 2006 – 12:47
  Tim Higgins finds Belkin's Atheros-based entry into the draft 11n WLAN sweepstakes takes a step forward, but a few backward, too.
• Buy Draft 11n!*
  Wednesday 10 May 2006 – 11:42
  The nattering nabobs of negativity are at it again, telling us to stay away from the latest and greatest in wireless networking technology. Tim Higgins thinks they're just a bunch of weenies.
• Buy Draft 11n!*
  Tuesday 9 May 2006 – 03:49
  The nattering nabobs of negativity are at it again, telling us to stay away from the latest and greatest in wireless networking technology. Tim Higgins thinks they're just a bunch of weenies.
• Draft 802.11n Revealed: Part 2 - Interoperable? Not So Much*
  Wednesday 14 June 2006 – 08:20
  In Part 2 of our series, Tim Higgins discovers an embarrassingly low level of interoperability among draft 802.11n products. And they're not very neighbourly, either.