The Coming Time for 802.11a? · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by Hemos on Monday September 23, 2002 @06:15AM from the faster-better-more-secure dept.

abhikhurana writes " This article on 80211-planet.com predicts a real boom in the market for 802.11a in the coming year. An excerpt from the article: In tests in my SOHO LAN, I found that in real world conditions, 802.11a averaged four times faster than 802.11b. In addition, with its 5GHz frequency, 802.11a avoids the interference slow-downs that b must suffer with microwave ovens, high-end wireless phones, and other 802.11b networks. Also makes an interesting read for knowing about the technologies which maybe driving the wireless bandwagon in the coming years."

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In A Related Development... by Tsali · 2002-09-23 06:35 · Score: 0, Offtopic

The Federal Bureau of Acronyms has announced that all desirable acronyms have been used.

A new scheme postfixing a letter after an FBA-assigned five digit series of numeric characters is now in place.

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