Despite the fact that Draft 1.0 has already been implemented in a plethora of products, including Dell's own 802.11n card for notebooks, reports are pointing to January 2007 before we even see a vote on the second draft of the specification.

ENGADGET: Finalized 802.11n specs pushed further into the future

The draft standard only covers the format of the content, not a copyright protection and distribution specification, said Kawell.

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