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Wireless Networking at 72Mbps

Posted by Hemos on from the going-super-fast dept.

Unknown Relic writes "One of the biggest drawbacks to current wireless networking technologies is the limited connection speed. Well now LinkSys has released a new wireless access point which operates on the 5 GHz band, supports up to 72 Mbps connections and is fully interoperable with existing 802.11a wireless equipment."

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  1. You can all thank me now by superid · · Score: 5, Funny

    Technology advances seem to only happen when I adopt the old standard. Eleven seconds ago I successfully installed plain old 11.b onto this box.

    1. Re:You can all thank me now by TrumpetPower! · · Score: 5, Funny

      Technology advances seem to only happen when I adopt the old standard. Eleven seconds ago I successfully installed plain old 11.b onto this box.

      In that case, would you mind buying a nuclear power plant and a Space Shuttle?

      b&

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    2. Re:You can all thank me now by smagoun · · Score: 5, Funny

      And while you're at it, pick up a congressman or two

  2. Re:One of the biggest drawbacks? by richie2000 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Who the hell wants 1000 MB/s when you can only talk to yourself ?

    Schizophrenic geeks are people two, you know. :-)

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