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Airtime Tax Calculator
The WiFi 7 ROI Engine. Visualize how legacy devices steal network capacity and calculate the ROI of upgrading.
Device Mix
50%
Cost Factor: 4.0x (Slowest)
40%
Cost Factor: 2.5x
10%
Cost Factor: 1.0x (Fastest)
How Airtime Tax Works
WiFi is a shared medium. Only one device talks at a time.
A legacy WiFi 5 client takes 4x longer to transmit the same file as a WiFi 7 client (due to 4K QAM and 320MHz channels). While it talks, your fast devices are forced to wait in line. This waiting time is the "Airtime Tax".
ROI Projection
+68%
Capacity Reclaimed
By upgrading your current device mix to 100% WiFi 7, you would gain 68% more airtime for new devices.
Airtime Utilization
53%
Wasted