At the same time, wireless speeds jumped over the 100Mbps barrier when IEEE 802.11n was released in 2007.Today, speeds are pushing 1 gigabit per second (Gbps) with the IEEE 802.11ac wireless standard, which starts at 80Mbps and can achieve up to 867Mbps in even low-end configurations, depending on factors such as the width of the wireless channel a network uses.