The New York Times is running a set of features today about wireless networking in its "Circuits" section. One story describes new networking standards on the horizon, including Linksys' plans to sell products based on the 802.11g - also known by the marketing-friendly "54G" - which promises 54Mbps throughput. I hardly want to be a knee-jerk Luddite, but why in the Sam Hill would anyone need that much bandwidth for a wireless network? A T1 runs at 1.544 Mbps, so its not like you're gonna get online at that speed. The only practical consumer application I can imagine is pairing a base station with a Pringles can to share your decrambled DVD collection with the rest of the neighborhood. Actually, now that I think about it, that would be kind of nice: grassroots video-on-demand.
I know one reason: the QCast Tuner. Practically speaking, I spose 11mbps would do, though.
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