An Apple AirPort Extreme range increase is a welcome thing, and we’re lucky to welcome just that with Apple’s new 802.11n WiFi unit. I get the feeling most home users want range over throughput, because (I’m going to go out on a limb here) most home users use their WiFi networks to surf the Web, and not move files. Or at least the ratio is heavily skewed toward surfing. And as we all know, surfing speeds’ bottleneck lies in ISP speeds, at least in the US. (Damn those Europeans and Asians with their 8Mbps+.) Continue reading »