WiFi, Light Bulbs, And The FCC

JFMulder writes "According to Cringely, 802.11 WiFi wireless networking is going to get in lot of troubles when Fushion Lightning starts marketting low-power light blubs which causes interferences with Wifi signals. Read about it at I, Cringely. Supposedly the new kind of light bulb is a real electricity saver and can wreck havoc to wireless networks in a half a mile radius. So what would you prefer? Wireless networks or low cost light bulbs all around the country to save more and more on electricity?" Update: 06/13 03:52 GMT by M : Cringely confused the FHSS-or-DSSS 802.11 standard with the DSSS-only 802.11b standard, but the general warning about the potential for interference is certainly troubling.

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[zet0n]

first comment.

anyway i'm willing settle with the energy saving light bulb. it's good to save up energy that my oh so important PS needs.

NORNE Energy Is very concerned about this.

[tcd004]

It's in their "about us" section.

Disclaimer: This is a joke. Don't get your panties in square-knot over it. Mod it down if you can't untie a square-knot.

We're burning some Karma tonight!
tcd004

Re:Isn't it simple?

[spoco2]

"...I'm writing this from the shitter..."

Ok... urgh... smelly keyboard, smelly...

And people got annoyed at me for reading a magazine in the crapper cause they thought it made it dirty... but a whole laptop.

No-one else will be touching your laptop boyo...

Or is that the point?

WiFi Distributed DoS

[ZaneMcAuley]

Ok everyone. Disco time.

lightswitch on...off...on...off...on...off...on...off...