The number of public wifi hotspots is projected to increase from 2 million in 2012 to 4 million in 2014 Combined with the new 802.11ac and 802.11ad wifi standards for multi-gigabit speeds and beamforming for longer ranges this will enable better hotspots for offloading data traffic from cellular networks.
802.11ac should still have 500 mbps speed at distances of 50 meters.
By 2015, 802.11ac and 802.11ad should be the dominant wifi
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