• The first version of the 802.11 standard was released in 1997 and had a maximum data rate of 2 Mbps.
• The first device to ever receive Wi-Fi certification was the Apple iBook. It received certification in 1999.
• The highest Wi-Fi speed ever recorded was in 2014 by a group of researchers from the University of Surrey. They achieved a speed of 1 terabit per second (Tbps), which is more than 1,000 times faster than the current standard Wi-Fi speed.
• The 802.11 standard gets its name from the name of the group that created it, the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802 committee.
• The Wi-Fi symbol is actually a trademarked logo called the "double radiating" symbol.
• The HP iPAQ Pocket PC was first non-laptop device certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance.
• Wi-Fi Speed: The furthest reaching Wi-Fi signal recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records was sent 382 km (237 miles) between two mountain peaks in the Venezuelan Andes, with a throughput of 3 Mbps → https://eyenetworks.no/en/fun-facts-about-wifi/

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