Five years ago this week… Qualcomm looked to take a lead on 60 GHz WiFi, a market which had been at an effective standstill since 2005. After acquiring 60 GHz chip maker Wilocity in 2014, Qualcomm was trying to fuel belief in the technology with a webinar, promising 15 GHz of available spectrum, a basic PHY rate of 4.6 Gbps and greater energy efficiency than 5 GHz per megabyte delivered. But Faultline’s own concerns surrounding the inability for the waves to pass through walls were brushed over with some ‘what about’-isms, and the vendor was unable to convince us that 60 GHz would find any utility outside of docking stations in enterprises. We are still waiting to be proved wrong.…