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IEEE Standards Board Passes 802.16a

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the movin-on-up dept.

papason writes "Welcome the birth of the IEEE's first wireless MAN standard for broadband wireless access in bands ranging from 2GHz to 11GHz. Yes, the same group that brought you 802.11b has brought you a real broadband wireless access standard. See wirelessman.org for more details."

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  1. Why must MAN always come before WOMAN? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    When will that wireless WOMAN standard come out?

    1. Re:Why must MAN always come before WOMAN? by eah · · Score: 2, Funny

      ...Not enough foreplay, usually.

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  3. IEEE Standards Board Passes 802.16a by Amsterdam+Vallon · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... gets two-hundred bucks, and moves onto 802.16b ...

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  4. um.. Typo? by Derg · · Score: 3, Funny

    From the site:NEW! IEEE 802.16a approved as IEEE standard on 29 January 2002! [emphasis mine]

    I do so hope that is a typo.. or this isnt really news... on the assumption that this is new, and that is supposed to be 2003, what does this mean for mobile users? I assume, due to the higher frequencies used that all new antennae are needed, but at what sort of cost?

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  5. Standards? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    We DON'T need no stinkin standards!

  6. Putting my money where my mouth is... by wiresquire · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've got $40 per month that says this never comes to anything ;-)

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  7. Sexism out the wazoo by jonman_d · · Score: 4, Funny

    wireless MAN standard

    How sexist! Haven't they heard about politically correct computing?!?

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    1. Re:Sexism out the wazoo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Let's Sue em! ;) Imagine if they Had Wired Outside Metro` Area Network. And called it a Wired Woman.
      OR wireless even... I think there would be a court case. :D

  8. security by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does this mean that it is 60% more of a homeland security threat?

  9. Re:summary of what exactly 802.16a will do anyone? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I know what this is....this is an espresso machine. No, no wait. It's a snow cone maker. Is it a water heater?

  10. Re:Great, now only if my ISP cared. by Kethinov · · Score: 4, Funny

    Has your ISP ever heard of traffic shaping?

    *Hangs head* My ISP uses MS DOS on their servers. They also claim to be incapable of capping user's bandwidth. Leave. Why pay them for shitty service?

    It's either this, dialup, or satellite. I play games, so low ping is a priority. Since dialup is bad pings and satellite is even worse, I'm stuck with what I'm on.

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  11. Re:What about Apple's 802 standard by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    My god... that was EXACTLY the Charlie Brown teachers talking, wasn't it?

  12. Re:First? I don't think so! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well the first network Denial of service will probaly be called VIAGRA.

  13. What about security? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    After all, we don't want a Wide Open Metro Open Network (WOMAN) screwing everything up for us! ;)

  14. woman? by Maskirovka · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just to clear a few things up...
    Should our latest acronym WMAN (Wireless Metropolitan Area Network) be pronounced 'woman'? So if someone asks me about my administration experiance, should I brag about how many women I've designed, configured, upgraded, and troubleshot over the years? Sounds like grounds for a certification in network pimping.

  15. Yikes by LongJohnStewartMill · · Score: 2, Funny
    Be careful who you're with before blurting this out:
    "I just spent the weekend at a MAN Party, and I'm exhausted. I just got my pictures developed. Want to see them? Seriously, you should come next time."
    Not that there's anything wrong with that.
  16. Re:Wireless by CityZen · · Score: 4, Funny

    So that's one small step for MAN... ?

  17. Already there by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's the BROADband part