Some folks in Japan are trying to speed up wireless transmission rates to speeds once thought impossible. They are using what they refer to as the “T-ray” band. It is a section of electromagnetic spectrum that falls between 300 GHz and 3 THz. By using this band, they have been able to achieve speeds of 3GB/sec. That’s pretty darn fast. However, you shouldn’t get too excited just yet. You won’t be seeing a “T-ray” router at Walmart anytime soon. Right now it is just a proof of concept and it’s range it pretty short. But I think it is a glimpse of things to come.

Netgear R6300

For those of you that do find the need for that kind of speed, the device you will be looking for is called a R6300. It is based on the 802.11ac technology, so in order to get those kinds of speed your other devices will need to be 802.11ac as well. Currently that is going to be a little hard to do since it officially isn’t even a standard yet. That should occur later this year, but that doesn’t seem to be stopping some companies from adopting it. It has been rumored that Apple may support this technology in its airport products later this year.

So, if you need to be on the bleeding edge and have the fastest, you should get ready to order the Netgear R6300 next month. By the way, it will set you back about 200 bucks.