The argument goes like this: CE makers want to route video around the home. Since 802.11n is the highest through-wall wireless implementation available today (ultrawideband is a single-room solution, remember) CE makers will quickly latch onto 802.11n as the preferred distribution method. This, in turn, will force virtually all networking devices in the home to support the technology. The money stat: ABI predicts 216 million 802.11n chipsets being targeted towards consumer electronics devices by 2011.

Makes sense to us. Then again, when have consumers preferred slower speeds to faster? Generally, only when lower power is concerned, which doesn't come into play here. Although there is one exception: 802.11a, which has been derided as a failed technology. (A sidebar of this Processor.com article argues that this is false, and why.)