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Researchers working at North Carolina State University say that they have developed a new WiFi protocol, called WiFox, that could mean the end of slow public Internet. According to the team, the new protocol is capable of increasing WiFi router performance by up to 700 per cent.

NC State engineers describe WiFox as a kind of traffic cop. The new software functions by monitoring traffic on a WiFi channel and granting access to data that it considers important (a more thorough explanation of how the software functions can be found in the team’s press release). 

What makes this solution exciting is that as long as router manufacturers adopt the technology, almost all WiFi devices could benefit from it. The team plans to present their findings at a technology conference in Nice, France in December. [The Next Web]

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