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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. What about end devices? by sisukapalli1 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I recall this from a presentation...

    Apparently the current cell phones (with say, GPRS cards) operate at much lower bandwidths than what the cards can support. The primary reason mentioned was that the cell phones will "simply fry" because of the heat.

    Now, I wouldn't want that kind of "hot" near my pant pockets.

    S