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February 23rd 04, 04:49 PM

PAMNO (N2EY) wrote in message ...
In article ,
(Brian Kelly) writes:

I'm not up to speed on the methods which will be used to transport the
802.11 type signals into buildings

It's called "radio". aka "wireless". The modems/routers/hubs have these funny
things called "antennas" on them and so do the boxes out on the utility pole.
but I assume it'll be carried over
existing cable TV wiring to a Part 15 tranciever/modem somewhere in
the building. Or something along those lines.

No wires at all. You been to Microcenter lately?

Spare me the lectures willya??! I'm about ten feet from one, they're
everywhere and I don't need a tour of Microcenter to "find out what
they are". And yes it does need a wire, in this case a cable TV
connection to the modems/routers/hub. Is this the "Wi-Fi 802 dot
something" which is being hyped? I don't think so.

Makes a helluva lot
more sense economically and in all other respects vs. BPL. In
particular they won't trash the HF spectrum like BPL does.

It's also faster, more robust, and even more portable. Put a PCIMCIA cardmodem
in your lapper and surf anywhere.

Wrong. Surf around as long as you're in Starbucks, in an airport
terminal, in a Hilton and maybe you'll find a connection. Now drive a
few miles to the Wharton Tract or even to Ridley Creek State Park and
try to get a connect yer lapper-with-an-antenna.

I undertand
that they would use a band of frequencies which would "endanger" our
2.4 Mhz allocations. But like I posted somewhere else earlier, I'll
trade 2.4 Mhz for 14 Mhz any day.

Some of them do and that's not good. Others are in the 5 GHz region. What is
most important is that we can have a protected slice of GHz *and* those
technologies can exist.

And if "they" can't find a "solution" then kiss the 2.4 Ghz (got it
right that time) ham band 'bye-'bye. Get comfortable with the concept

And Ralph Nader is going to run again. GEts worse every day.

Comic relief. Beats Ross Perot.

Ralph Nader is Shrub's best friend. Without him, Algore would be in the White
House.

At this point I'm not in the least bit convinced that Gore would have
been one bit worse that the Shrub. Democrats are the free-spenders and
the Rebublicans are the fiscally conservative right? Have you checked
the size of the national debt recently?

73 de Jim, N2EY

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