With the IEEE taking its sweet time to actually ratify the 802.11n standard, consumers really don't want to wait. Therefore, the WiFi Alliance will begin "pre-certifying" 802.11n products early next year, before the actual 802.11n protocol is ratified sometime in 2008. 2008! What is taking so long?The WiFi Alliance said it expects certified pre-n products to be compatible with products certified to the full standard, and it also confirmed that certification labels used for pre-n products will clearly indicate that the certified products are pre-standard. However, consumers will probably not understand that the products are based on the yet-to-be-ratified IEEE standard. Try communicating something like this to an average consumer. Not gonna happen.
