Threatened in some cases by fixed wireless access (FWA) over 5G, traditional landline broadband operators have been eagerly touting the advantages of the latest WiFi 6E for the final leg of distribution to consumers and enterprises. Even when such providers do not offer the routers and other kit directly WiFi has become vital to their cause since it has become the effective last mile of their infrastructure and services. They see WiFi 6E as being crucial for their continuing success in the 5G era when threatened by rival broadband operators as well as FWA. This realization has become more acute during the current Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic given the boom in videoconferencing that has exposed the limitations of WiFi networks based…