It was the worst kept secret in the world, but now that the regulatory body has come through with approval, the unofficial official standard for wireless networking can now become the official standard for wireless networking.

The 802.11n technology has been in use for the better part of a decade. While it is certainly more expensive, the six times faster speed that it offers has been seen as more than worth it on the part of many people. Because IEEE had not ratified the standard (and therefore not guaranteed that future wireless networking would use the standard), companies had referred to it by names such as 802.11n draft just to illustrate to customers that the technology was not mainstream as of yet.

IEEE has finally come through however and for that reason the 802.11n is well on its way to becoming the international standard. And when it does, people will be able to transfer across the internet at speeds of 300 Mbps, trumping the previous 802.11g wireless standard many times over.